Synonym: affection, dedication, fondness, liking, love, loyalty. Similar words: devolution, devote, devotee, devoted, notion, lotion, motion, potion. Meaning: [-əʊʃn] n. 1. feelings of ardent love 2. commitment to some purpose 3. religious zeal; the willingness to serve God 4. (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently).
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91 That gave him reason to turn his personal devotion to a healthy body into a crusade.
92 The young soldiers who returned home gave glowing accounts of Paul's bravery and devotion to duty.
93 She gave us unfailing devotion and became an essential part of our family.
94 Although her quest was not one of religious devotion her destination was the Church of Santa Maria.
95 He had told her enough about his parents' passionate devotion to each other for Julia to feel desperately sorry for her.
96 During his ministry he introduced many innovations which renewed devotion arid inspired the people to the performance of good works.
97 The constant outpourings of devotion from the Soviet people reached him through the media.
98 No other equipment in the running wardrobe warrants the same kind of loyalty or devotion.
99 Meyer, who belongs to several groups,[www.Sentencedict.com] is known for his diehard devotion to authenticity.
100 Was there really no more to the pitch than this rhetorical protestation of devotion?
101 His replacement, Sanath Jayasuriya is a man of impressive dignity, who inspires devotion rather than awe from his players.
102 She married a man who was unworthy of her love and devotion.
103 Rather than being denigrated and despised, he was admired for his courage, his steadfastness, his devotion to family.
104 Vindicated by events, she gained a reputation for courage and devotion to principle.
105 To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal. Individuals like myself are often called "workaholics". I question this term because that implies a pathological condition or an illness. If I do what I desire more than anything else in the world and which makes me happy, such work can never be an aberration. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
106 It was an unnatural devotion which, to her mind, could end only in disaster.
107 None of the local inhabitants I spoke to could recall any particular Marian devotion.
108 But let us not forget that he gave his life in an act of selfless devotion to the race.
109 Furthermore inside his organization his prescience produced bonds of intense devotion and trust.
110 But this is to ignore his considerable talent to inspire the friendship and devotion of others.
111 But any investigation into his biography seems infinitely more satisfying by reason of his virtue, his courage and his devotion to duty.
112 In their openness and vitality the students kindled in the young scholar an overwhelming sense of devotion to the institution.
113 His mother - whose preference for himself, devotion to himself, he had always taken for granted.
114 It seems right to see Hubble's greatness in recognising splendid opportunities and pursuing them with utmost devotion and superb vision.
115 She was also impatient with a number of departments for displaying less than whole-hearted devotion to her policies.
116 I eventually began to suspect that their devotion to organizing things comes perilously close to an obsession.
117 Florence was a frequent visitor ... and had many of her ideas adopted in Parliament through the devotion of her brother-in-law.
118 The reverse also holds, that failure to live morally betrays and invalidates religious devotion unless there is genuine penitence.
119 The underpinning of all good journalism is a devotion to objectivity and impartiality.
120 All of them continue to enhance the role of the church musician by their devotion and perseverance.
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