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| Main Entry: |
devotion
[dih-voh-shuhn]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commitment; loyalty |
| Synonyms: | adherence, adoration, affection, allegiance, ardor, attachment, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, devotedness, devotement, devoutness, earnestness, enthusiasm, faithfulness, fealty, fervor, fidelity, fondness, intensity, love, observance, passion, piety, reverence, sanctity, service, sincerity, spirituality, worship, zeal |
| Antonyms: | apathy, carelessness, indifference, neglect, negligence |
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| Main Entry: | adoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intense love |
| Synonyms: | admiration, amore, ardor, attachment, crush, devotion, esteem, estimation, exaltation, glorification, hankering, honor, idolatry, idolization, infatuation, pash, passion, puppy love, reverence, shine*, veneration, weakness*, worship, worshipping, yen* |
| Antonyms: | abhorrence, detestation, disrespect, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong fondness |
| Synonyms: | amore, ardor, attachment, care, case*, closeness, concern, crush, desire, devotion, emotion, endearment, feeling, friendliness, friendship, good will, hankering*, heart, inclination, itch, kindness, liking, love, passion, predilection, propensity, puppy love, regard, sentiment, shine*, soft spot, solicitude, tenderness, warmth, weakness*, yen* |
| Antonyms: | animosity, antipathy, dislike, enmity, hate, hatred, ill will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allegiance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loyalty |
| Synonyms: | adherence, ardor, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, devotion, duty, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, homage, honor, obedience, obligation, piety |
| Antonyms: | disloyalty, enmity, sedition, treachery, treason |
| Main Entry: | ardor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | avidity, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, feeling, fervor, fierceness, fire, gusto, heat, intensity, jazz, keenness, oomph, passion, pep talk, spirit, turn on, vehemence, verve, warmth, weakness*, zeal, zest, zing |
| Antonyms: | coldness, coolness, frigidity, indifference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attachment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affection, high regard |
| Synonyms: | affinity, amore, attraction, bond, case, crush, devotion, fidelity, fondness, friendship, hankering*, liking, love, loyalty, partiality, possessiveness, regard, shine*, tenderness, weakness, yen* |
| Antonyms: | alienation, animosity, aversion, dislike, divorce, enmity, estrangement, hate, hatred, opposition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chastity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celibacy, purity |
| Synonyms: | abstemiousness, abstinence, chasteness, cleanness, continence, decency, demureness, devotion, honor, immaculacy, innocence, integrity, modesty, monogamy, morality, naiveté, restraint, singleness, sinlessness, spotlessness, temperance, uprightness, virginity, virtue |
| Antonyms: | dirtiness, fornication |
| Main Entry: | constancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixedness |
| Synonyms: | abidingness, adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, certainty, decision, dependability, determination, devotedness, devotion, doggedness, eagerness, earnestness, endurance, faith, fealty, fidelity, firmness, honesty, honor, integrity, love, loyalty, permanence, perseverance, principle, regularity, resolution, stability, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, surety, tenacity, trustiness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, unchangeableness, unfailingness, uniformity, zeal |
| Antonyms: | change, changeableness, fluctuation, inconstancy, instability, irregularity, unsteadiness |
| Main Entry: | cult |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worship; form of ceremony |
| Synonyms: | admiration, ceremony, craze, creed, cultus, devotion, faddism, faith, idolization, liturgy, persuasion, religion, reverence, rite, ritual, veneration |
| Notes: | a sect is a rule defined by some doctrinal difference, a cult by allegiance to an idea or commanding personality |
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