infidelity
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/ˌɪnfɪˈdɛlɪti/
Definition of infidelity
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.
“Your friends tell you rumors about your girlfriend's infidelity or you remember being broken up around the time the baby was conceived.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.
“Your friends tell you rumors about your girlfriend's infidelity or you remember being broken up around the time the baby was conceived.”
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(countable, uncountable)Unfaithfulness in some other moral obligation.
“It was disastrous that England's infidelity towards Frederick the Great — which no one, not even a German, condemned more strongly than did William Pitt — had to affect one of the most popular heroes of our national history.”
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(archaic, countable, uncountable)Lack of religious belief.
“The means used to this purpose are partly didactical, and partly protreptical; demonstrating the truth of the gospel, and then urging the professors of those truths to be stedfast^([sic]) in the faith, and to beware of infidelity.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English infidelite, from Middle French infidelité (modern French infidélité) and its etymon Latin īnfidēlitās. Equivalent to infidel + -ity.
Words you can make from infidelity
184 playable · top: FIDELITY (15 pts)
Best play fidelity 15 points8-letter words
3 words7-letter words
5 words6-letter words
15 words5-letter words
40 words- DEIFY 12 pts
- EDIFY 12 pts
- FELTY 11 pts
- FITLY 11 pts
- FLYTE 11 pts
- LEFTY 11 pts
- NIFTY 11 pts
- DEITY 9 pts
- DELFT 9 pts
- DYNEL 9 pts
- FELID 9 pts
- FETID 9 pts
- FIELD 9 pts
- FIEND 9 pts
- FILED 9 pts
- FINED 9 pts
- FLIED 9 pts
- LINDY 9 pts
- TYNED 9 pts
- YIELD 9 pts
- ELFIN 8 pts
- FEINT 8 pts
- FILET 8 pts
- FLINT 8 pts
- FLITE 8 pts
- LINEY 8 pts
- LINTY 8 pts
- TIYIN 8 pts
- IDENT 6 pts
- INDIE 6 pts
- LINED 6 pts
- NITID 6 pts
- TEIID 6 pts
- TEIND 6 pts
- TILDE 6 pts
- TILED 6 pts
- TINED 6 pts
- ELINT 5 pts
- INLET 5 pts
- INTEL 5 pts
4-letter words
59 words- DEFY 11 pts
- FLEY 10 pts
- DEFI 8 pts
- DEFT 8 pts
- DELF 8 pts
- DENY 8 pts
- DYNE 8 pts
- FEND 8 pts
- FIND 8 pts
- FLED 8 pts
- IDLY 8 pts
- IDYL 8 pts
- TIDY 8 pts
- YELD 8 pts
- FELT 7 pts
- FILE 7 pts
- FINE 7 pts
- FLIT 7 pts
- INLY 7 pts
- LEFT 7 pts
- LIEF 7 pts
- LIFE 7 pts
- LIFT 7 pts
- LINY 7 pts
- NEIF 7 pts
- TINY 7 pts
- TIYN 7 pts
- TYIN 7 pts
- TYNE 7 pts
- YETI 7 pts
- DEIL 5 pts
- DELI 5 pts
- DELT 5 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DENT 5 pts
- DIEL 5 pts
- DIET 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DINT 5 pts
- DITE 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- IDLE 5 pts
- LEND 5 pts
- LIED 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- NIDI 5 pts
- TEND 5 pts
- TIDE 5 pts
- TIED 5 pts
- INTI 4 pts
- LENT 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINT 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
3-letter words
45 words- FEY 9 pts
- FLY 9 pts
- DEF 7 pts
- DEY 7 pts
- DIF 7 pts
- DYE 7 pts
- FED 7 pts
- FID 7 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- ELF 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIL 6 pts
- FIN 6 pts
- FIT 6 pts
- LEY 6 pts
- LYE 6 pts
- TYE 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YET 6 pts
- YIN 6 pts
- DEL 4 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- DIN 4 pts
- DIT 4 pts
- ELD 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- LED 4 pts
- LID 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
2-letter words
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