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devotion

[dih-voh-shuhn] / dɪˈvoʊ ʃən /


Usage

What are other ways to say devotion? Devotion is an intense love and steadfast, enduring loyalty to a person; it may also imply consecration to a cause. Love may apply to various kinds of regard: the charity of the Creator, reverent adoration toward God or toward a person, the relation of parent and child, the regard of friends for each other, or romantic feelings for another person, etc. Affection is a fondness for others that is enduring and tender, but calm. 

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This devotion to authenticity is one of Thompson’s cornerstones.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Traces of Guler's lifelong devotion to cinema can even be found in his teenage diaries from the late 1940s and 1950s, according to Temel Yilmaz, conservator and archive researcher.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

She asked the audience to teach her an English accent, then danced with joyous abandon, and toyed with concepts of devotion, fame and idol worship.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Consider how the mom in your life shows her love—through routines that never slip, a firm command over the family’s schedules or devotion to a dog treated like an only child.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

But in all the stories they play an unimportant part except in the account of Castor’s death, when Pollux proved his brotherly devotion.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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