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From Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum + -tio, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote + -ion.
devotion (usually uncountable, plural devotions)
- (uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted; a feeling of being devoted (to something).
- Synonym: dedication
deep devotion
blind devotion
show devotion
Her devotion to her family was clear in everything she did.
The teacher’s devotion to her students inspired many.
The book describes the knight’s devotion to his king.
- (uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
He showed great devotion to his religious practices.
- (countable, ecclesiastical) A prayer (often found in the plural).
- (in the plural, obsolete) Religious offerings; alms.
the act or state of devoting or being devoted
- Albanian: besnikëri (sq) f
- Arabic: تَفَرُّغ m (tafarruḡ)
- Bulgarian: преданост (bg) (predanost)
- Catalan: devoció (ca) f
- Dutch: verering (nl) f, toewijding (nl)
- Finnish: omistautuminen (fi), omistautuneisuus
- Galician: devoción (gl) f
- German: Hingebung (de) f, Hingabe (de) f, Zuneigung (de) f, Zuwendung (de) f, Ergebenheit f, Aufopferung (de) f, Widmung (de) f, Anhänglichkeit (de) f
- Greek: ευλάβεια (el) f (evláveia)
- Hindi: भक्ति (hi) (bhakti), निष्ठा (hi) (niṣṭhā)
- Hungarian: odaadás (hu)
- Kannada: ಮುಡಿಪು (kn) (muḍipu)
- Latin: dēvōtiō f
- Odia: ଭକ୍ତି (or) (bhakti)
- Polish: poświęcenie (pl) n
- Portuguese: devoção (pt) f
- Romanian: devotament (ro) n, devotare f, devoțiune (ro) f
- Russian: посвяще́ние (ru) n (posvjaščénije), пре́данность (ru) f (prédannostʹ) (loyalty)
- Sanskrit: निष्ठा (sa) (niṣṭhā), भक्ति (sa) (bhakti)
- Serbo-Croatian: predanost (sh) f, posvećenost f
- Spanish: devoción (es) f
- Tagalog: debosyon
- Telugu: భక్తి (te) (bhakti)
- Turkish: fedakarlık, özveri (tr)
- Urdu: بھکتی (bhakti)
- Venetan: devosion f, devoẑion (vec) f
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feelings of strong or fervent affection; dedication
- Armenian: նվիրում (hy) (nvirum)
- Bulgarian: привързаност (bg) (privǎrzanost), вярност (bg) (vjarnost)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 奉獻 / 奉献 (zh) (fèngxiàn)
- Danish: hengivenhed (da) c
- Dutch: toewijding (nl)
- Finnish: omistautuminen (fi)
- French: dévouement (fr) m
- German: Ergebenheit f, Zuwendung (de) f, Hingebung (de) f, Hingabe (de) f, Widmung (de) f, Anhänglichkeit (de) f, Aufopferung (de) f
- Hindi: समर्पण (hi) m (samarpaṇ)
- Italian: devozione (it) f
- Māori: whakangākau
- Polish: oddanie (pl) n, przywiązanie (pl) n
- Portuguese: devoção (pt) f, dedicação (pt) f
- Romanian: dedicare (ro) f
- Russian: пре́данность (ru) f (prédannostʹ), приве́рженность (ru) f (privéržennostʹ), целеустремлённость (ru) f (celeustremljónnostʹ) (sense of purpose), ве́рность (ru) f (vérnostʹ) (loyalty)
- Sanskrit: अरमति (sa) f (aramati)
- Spanish: devoción (es) f, dedicación (es) f
- Telugu: భక్తి (te) (bhakti)
- Turkish: bağlılık (tr)
- Venetan: devosion f, devoẑion (vec) f
- Vietnamese: hiến dâng
- Yiddish: איבערגעבנקייט f (ibergebnkeyt), איבערגעגעבנקייט f (ibergegebnkeyt)
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religious veneration, zeal, or piety
- Bulgarian: набожност (bg) (nabožnost)
- Catalan: devoció (ca) f
- Dutch: verering (nl)
- Esperanto: pieco
- Finnish: hurskaus (fi), omistautuminen (fi)
- French: dévotion (fr)
- Galician: devoción (gl) f
- German: Andacht (de) f, Hingebung (de) f, Hingabe (de) f, Ergebenheit f, Frömmigkeit (de) f, Verehrung (de) f, Devotion (de) f
- Greek: αφοσίωση (el) f (afosíosi)
- Irish: crábhadh m, cráifeacht f
- Italian: devozione (it) f
- Latin: dēvōtiō f
- Occitan: devocion f
- Polish: pobożność (pl) f
- Portuguese: devoção (pt) f, fervor (pt) m
- Russian: пре́данность (ru) f (prédannostʹ), благоче́стие (ru) n (blagočéstije) (piety), на́божность (ru) f (nábožnostʹ) (piety)
- Sanskrit: धी (sa) f (dhī)
- Spanish: devoción (es) f, fervor (es) m
- Tamil: பக்தி (ta) (pakti)
- Venetan: devosion f, devoẑion (vec) f
- Vietnamese: mộ đạo (vi), sùng bái (vi)
- Yiddish: איבערגעבנקייט f (ibergebnkeyt), איבערגעגעבנקייט f (ibergegebnkeyt)
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devotion f (plural devotions)
- devotion (quality of being devoted)
