Meaning

4 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (countable, usually)A prayer (often found in the plural).

    моли́тваmolítva

  4. (in the plural, obsolete, uncountable, usually)Religious offerings; alms.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. I admire your devotion to your wife.

    deIch bewundere deine Hingabe deiner Frau gegenüber. — Waldelfe

  2. I admire your devotion.

    deIch bewundere deine Hingabe. — Waldelfe

  3. Fadil took his devotion to the extreme.

  4. The senator avowed his devotion to his constituents.

    ruСенатор выразил свою преданность электорату. — shanghainese

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  5. They sacrificed this goat in devotion to God.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the act or state of devoting or being devoted:
Русский
By meaning 4
the act or state of devoting or being devoted:
feelings of strong or fervent affection; dedication:
religious veneration, zeal, or piety:
ecclesiastical: a prayer:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the act or state of devoting or being devoted:
religious veneration, zeal, or piety:

Origin

From Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum + -tio, from the supine of dēvo

From 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: devotions
Singulardevotion
Pluraldevotions

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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