11.2.1 Corepresentably Faithful Morphisms
Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a bicategory.
A $1$-morphism $f\colon A\to B$ of $\mathcal{C}$ is corepresentably faithful if, for each $X\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathcal{C}\webright )$, the functor
\[ f^{*}\colon \mathsf{Hom}_{\mathcal{C}}\webleft (B,X\webright )\to \mathsf{Hom}_{\mathcal{C}}\webleft (A,X\webright ) \]
given by precomposition by $f$ is faithful.
Here are some examples of corepresentably faithful morphisms.
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Corepresentably Faithful Morphisms in $\mathsf{Cats}_{\mathsf{2}}$. The corepresentably faithful morphisms in $\mathsf{Cats}_{\mathsf{2}}$ are characterised in Chapter 9: Categories, Item 5 of Proposition 9.6.1.1.2.
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Corepresentably Faithful Morphisms in $\textbf{Rel}$. Every morphism of $\textbf{Rel}$ is corepresentably faithful; see Chapter 6: Relations, Item 1 of Proposition 6.3.10.1.1.