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devotion
What does devotion mean?
devotion (noun): feelings of ardent love.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use devotion in a sentence?
- Their devotion to each other was beautiful. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce devotion?
/dɪˈvoʊʃən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does devotion come from?
From Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum + -tio, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote + -ion.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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feelings of ardent love
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