"faithfulness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-faithfulness.wav [US] Forms: faithfulnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English feithfulnesse, equivalent to faithful + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|feithfulnesse}} Middle English feithfulnesse, {{suffix|en|faithful|ness}} faithful + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} faithfulness (countable and uncountable, plural faithfulnesses)
  1. The state of being faithful Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: allegiance, loyalty, fidelity Translations (the state of being faithful): الإِيمَان (al-ʔīmān) (Arabic), věrnost [feminine] (Czech), trouw [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), nuteƒetɔnyenye (Ewe), fidélité [feminine] (French), lealdade [feminine] (Galician), Treue [feminine] (German), Ergebenheit [feminine] (German), Genauigkeit [feminine] (German), Werktreue [feminine] (German), hűség (Hungarian), fideleso (Ido), fidelitas [feminine] (Latin), stedefastnesse (Middle English), lealdade [feminine] (Portuguese), fidelidade [feminine] (Portuguese), ве́рность (vérnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), пре́данность (prédannostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), dìlseachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), fidelidad [feminine] (Spanish), lealtad [feminine] (Spanish), trohet [common-gender] (Swedish), ві́рність (vírnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ві́дданість (víddanistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-faithfulness-en-noun-2rCwiRUD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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