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Devotion

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

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)

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)

ecclesiastical: a prayer

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