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devoutness
[dih-vout] 
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devoutness
[dih-vout]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religiousness |
| Synonyms: | devotion, godliness, holiness, pietism, piety, piousness, religiosity, reverence, spirituality |
| Main Entry: | fervor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excitement, enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardency, ardor, devoutness, eagerness, earnestness, fervency, fire*, heartiness, heat*, hurrah, intensity, jazz, love, oomph, passion, pep talk, piety, piousness, religiousness, seriousness, sincerity, solemnity, vehemence, warmth, weakness, wholeheartedness, zeal, zealousness |
| Notes: | the intensity of heat or feeling can be described as fervency (from Latin fervere 'boil'); an instance of this heat or feeling is fervor |
| Antonyms: | apathy, coolness, discouragement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | holiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religiousness |
| Synonyms: | asceticism, beatitude, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, grace, humility, inviolability, piety, purity, religiosity, reverence, righteousness, sacredness, saintliness, sanctity, spirituality, unction, venerableness, virtuousness, worship |
| Antonyms: | agnosticism, atheism, sin, unholiness, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | piety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devotion, religiousness |
| Synonyms: | allegiance, application, ardor, belief, devoutness, docility, dutifulness, duty, faith, fealty, fervor, fidelity, godliness, grace, holiness, loyalty, obedience, passion, religion, religiosity, reverence, sanctity, veneration, zeal |
| Antonyms: | impiety, irreverence |
| Main Entry: | reverence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high opinion of something |
| Synonyms: | admiration, adoration, apotheosis, approbation, approval, awe, bow, deference, deification, devotion, devoutness, esteem, fealty, fear, genuflection, high esteem, homage, honor, love, loyalty, obeisance, obsequiousness, piety, praise, prostration, religiousness, respect, veneration, worship |
| Antonyms: | disdain, disregard, disrespect, scorn |
| Main Entry: | sanctity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holiness |
| Synonyms: | asceticism, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, goodness, grace, hallowedness, inviolability, mercy, piety, purity, religiousness, reverence, righteousness, sacredness, saintliness, solemnity, spirituality, venerableness |
| Main Entry: | righteousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devotion to a sinless life |
| Synonyms: | devotion, devoutness, godliness, holiness, piety, religiosity, religiousness, reverence, sacredness, saintliness, spirituality, worship, zeal |
| Antonyms: | blasphemy, impiety, irreverence |
| Main Entry: | spirituality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piety |
| Synonyms: | devoutness, holiness, piousness, religiosity, religiousness, spiritualty |
| Main Entry: | inviolability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sanctity |
| Synonyms: | asceticism, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, goodness, grace, hallowedness, mercy, piety, purity, religiousness, reverence, righteousness, sacredness, sacrosanctity, saintliness, solemnity, spirituality, venerableness |
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