devotion
The act or state of devoting or being devotedThe act or state of devoting or being devoted; a feeling of being devoted (to something).
» I admire your devotion to your wife.
Ich bewundere deine Hingabe deiner Frau gegenüber.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable, usually)The act or state of devoting or being devoted; a feeling of being devoted (to something).
deep devotion
blind devotion
Hingebung, Hingabe, Zuneigung
посвяще́ниеposvjaščénije, пре́данностьprédannostʹ, пре́данностьprédannostʹ
девоціяdevocija
(uncountable, usually)Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
He showed great devotion to his religious practices.
Andacht, Hingebung, Hingabe
пре́данностьprédannostʹ, благоче́стиеblagočéstije, на́божностьnábožnostʹ
religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
(countable, usually)A prayer (often found in the plural).
моли́тваmolítva
(in the plural, obsolete, uncountable, usually)Religious offerings; alms.
Examples
16 sentencesI admire your devotion to your wife.
deIch bewundere deine Hingabe deiner Frau gegenüber.
I admire your devotion.
deIch bewundere deine Hingabe.
Fadil took his devotion to the extreme.
The senator avowed his devotion to his constituents.
ruСенатор выразил свою преданность электорату.
They sacrificed this goat in devotion to God.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 4
By meaning 2
Origin
From Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum + -tio, from the supine of dēvoFrom Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum + -tio, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote + -ion.
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Forms
plural: devotionsSynonyms
4 synonyms- religious zeal; the willingness to serve God:venerationcultism
- feelings of ardent love:devotedness
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable