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fidelity - Word of the Day - Fri Oct 25, 2024

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fidelity - (n) - faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support

Episode 2 Judge GIF by The Simpsons

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A judge should demonstrate a strong fidelity to the law.

 

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There's a dedicated group of GA members whose fidelity to @Myr and Word of The Day cannot be questioned.

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Bill W

Fidelity come from the Latin words fides (faith), fidelis (faithful), and fidelitas (faithfulness or loyalty). 

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Another word for fidelity would be fealty.  Fealty used to refer to the allegiance that a tenant or vassal owed to a lord under feudal law. but it can also be defined as the allegiance that one owes to a country, especially when referring to the military.   Fealty could also mean loyalty to a friend or comrade. 

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Those of us that are old enough to the use of the term high fidelity when referring to the quality of a record player, the term high fidelity means the reproduction of sound with little distortion, giving a result similar to the original.  

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Fidelity is the first tenet of the FBI's slogan, Fideluty Bravery Integrity, which was coined in 1935.

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59 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

Fidelity is the first tenet of the FBI's slogan, Fideluty Bravery Integrity, which was coined in 1935.

My, how times change.

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1 hour ago, drpaladin said:

Fidelity is the first tenet of the FBI's slogan, Fideluty Bravery Integrity, which was coined in 1935.

Was that under J Edgar Hoover?

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1 hour ago, Paladin said:

Was that under J Edgar Hoover?

 Yes, that would have been under J. Edgar Hoover.  He was the director of the Bureau of Investigation from 1824-1935, and then Director of the newly named Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1935 until his death in 1972.  

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