unfaithfulness

English

Etymology

From unfaithful +‎ -ness.

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Noun

unfaithfulness (countable and uncountable, plural unfaithfulnesses)

  1. The characteristic of being unfaithful.
    Synonyms: infidelity, disloyalty
    Antonyms: faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 175:
      For even the enchantresses Circe and Medea could not, by their black arts, prevent the unfaithfulness of Odysseus and Jason.

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