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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fondness, taste |
| Synonyms: | affection, affinity, appetite, appreciation, attachment, attraction, bent, bias, desire, devotion, fancy, favoritism, inclination, love, mind, palate, partiality, passion, penchant, pleasure, predilection, preference, proneness, propensity, relish, soft spot, stomach, sympathy, tendency, tooth, velleity, weakness, will |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
| Main Entry: | love affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | love relationship |
| Synonyms: | adultery, affair, affair of the heart, affaire de coeur, amour, courtship, dalliance, devotion, entanglement, extracurricular activity, fling, flirtation, forbidden love, hanky-panky, illicit love, infidelity, intrigue, involvement, liaison, love, ménage à trois, passion, relationship, romance, romantic affair, seduction, sexual relationship outside of marriage, thing, triangle, tryst |
| Main Entry: | loyalty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faithfulness, dependability |
| Synonyms: | adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, bond, conscientiousness, constancy, devotedness, devotion, duty, earnestness, faith, fealty, fidelity, homage, honesty, honor, incorruptibility, integrity, inviolability, obedience, patriotism, probity, reliability, resolution, scrupulousness, sincerity, single-mindedness, singleness, staunchness, steadfastness, subjection, submission, support, tie, troth, trueheartedness, trueness, trustiness, trustworthiness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, zeal |
| Antonyms: | disloyalty, undependability, unfaithfulness |
| Main Entry: | martyrdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suffering endured for sake of a cause |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agonizing, agony, anguish, crucifixion, devotion, distress, mortification, ordeal, pain, persecution, sacrifice, self-immolation, self-sacrifice, torment, torture, unselfishness |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | passion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong emotion |
| Synonyms: | affection, affectivity, agony, anger, animation, ardor, dedication, devotion, distress, dolor, eagerness, ecstasy, excitement, feeling, fervor, fire, fit, flare-up, frenzy, fury, heat, hurrah, indignation, intensity, ire, joy, misery, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rapture, resentment, sentiment, spirit, storm, suffering, temper, transport, vehemence, warmth, wrath, zeal, zest |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness |
| Main Entry: | praise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congratulations; adoration |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, accolade, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, big hand, boost, bravo, celebration, cheer, cheering, citation, commendation, compliment, cry, devotion, encomium, esteem, eulogy, exaltation, extolment, flattery, glorification, glory, good word, homage, hurrah, hymn, kudos*, laudation, obeisance, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, plaudit, puff, rave, recognition, recommendation, regard, sycophancy, thanks, tribute, worship |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, condemnation, criticism |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prayer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleading, especially with a deity; |
| Synonyms: | answer adoration, appeal, application, begging, benediction, beseeching, communion, devotion, entreaty, grace, imploration, imploring, imprecation, invocation, litany, orison, petition, plea, pleading, request, request for help, rogation, service, suit, supplication, worship |
| Main Entry: | regard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affection, good opinion |
| Synonyms: | account, appreciation, approbation, approval, attachment, care, cherishing, concern, consideration, curiosity, deference, devotion, esteem, estimation, favor, fondness, homage, honor, interest, interestedness, liking, love, note, opinion, prizing, reputation, repute, respect, reverence, satisfaction, store, sympathy, thought, value, valuing, veneration, worship |
| Antonyms: | dislike, disregard, disrespect, hate |
| Main Entry: | religion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in divinity; system of beliefs |
| Synonyms: | church, communion, creed, cult, denomination, devotion, doctrine, higher power, morality, myth, mythology, observance, orthodoxy, pietism, piety, prayer, preference, religiosity, rites, ritual, sacrifice, sanctification, sect, spiritual-mindedness, spirituality, standards, superstition, theology, veneration |
| Antonyms: | agnosticism, atheism, disbelief |
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