mindmap root((忠诚)) fidelity implies strict and continuing faithfulness to an obligation, trust, or duty: ~ in the performance of one's duties. allegiance suggests an adherence like that of a citizen to his country and implies an unswerving fidelity maintained despite conflicting obligations or claims: a politician who owes ~ to no special interest. fealty implies a fidelity acknowledged by the individual and as compelling as a sworn vow: a critic's only ~ is to truth. （compel强迫某"人", compelling强烈难以抗拒的;令人信服的strong, convincing，如a compelling need/desire强烈的需要/欲望; compelling evidence有说服力的证据） loyalty implies a personal and emotional faithfulness that is steadfast in the face of any temptation to renounce, desert, or betray: valued the ~ of his friends. devotion stresses zeal and service amounting to self-dedication: a painter's ~ to her artistic vision. piety stresses fidelity to obligations regarded as natural and fundamental and the observance of duties required by such fidelity: filial ~ demands that I visit my parents.