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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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She questions her devotion to her career, worrying about the physical toll it takes, but ultimately finds catharsis in the primal power of her own voice.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Poland's most popular Marian devotion site is a painting known as the "Black Madonna", in Czestochowa, southern Poland, that attracts between 3.5 and five million pilgrims every year.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

“There are 70mm theaters running this film throughout the world that, frankly, have been kept alive through the deep devotion of people who care about this format,” Umphenour said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Of course, devotion to principle and decorum sometimes hovers close to sanctimony, but there is a human side to Mr. Alexander as well, and even humor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

If anything, her devotion transformed simple anger into righteous wrath.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

The pair singing along to Prine and DeMent’s “In Spite of Ourselves,” with its wincingly funny lovers trading jabs and devotions, is one moment of levity and self-awareness breaking through the desperation.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2025

Local Christians also stand out as they join the devotions, with Palestinian and Armenian scout groups leading religious processions.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2023

The democratic spirit prevails in popular devotions that bring them together in stables under Christmas trees.

From Washington Post Dec. 23, 2022

Sometime in those years I memorized the daily devotions for morning and close of day from the Book of Common Prayer.

From New York Times Jun. 14, 2022

The bells clamored as loudly as ever, but now the sound was associated with the regular procession of the monks going to devotions.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli




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