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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.
deep devotion
blind devotion
show devotion
- (uncountable) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication.
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
- Maori: 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)
