Unfaithfulness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unfaithful \Un*faith"ful\, a.
     1. Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance,
        or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous;
        perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent
        or servant.
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              My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight.
                                                    --Pope.
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              His honor rooted in dishonor stood,
              And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     2. Not possessing faith; infidel. [R.] --Milton.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Un*faith"ful*ly}, adv. --
        {Un*faith"ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unfaithfulness
       n : the quality of being unfaithful [syn: {infidelity}] [ant: {fidelity},
            {fidelity}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "unfaithfulness":
     Punic faith, adulterous affair, adultery, affair, amour, bad faith,
     barratry, breach of faith, breach of promise, breach of trust,
     cuckoldry, dereliction, disaffection, disloyalty, entanglement,
     eternal triangle, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, fickleness,
     flirtation, forbidden love, hanky-panky, illicit love, inconstancy,
     infidelity, intrigue, liaison, love affair, mala fides,
     perfidiousness, perfidy, recreancy, romance, romantic tie,
     triangle, trothlessness, unfaith, unloyalty, unsteadfastness,
     untrueness