faithful

English

/ˈfeɪθ.fəl/

adj
Definitions
  • Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
  • Having faith.
  • Reliable; worthy of trust.
  • Consistent with reality.
  • Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner.
  • (mathematics) Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation representation or functors in category theory.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English feithful suffix from English faith.

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