devotion

The act or state of devoting or being devoted; a feeling of being devoted (to something).

Noun

  1. The act or state of devoting or being devoted; a feeling of being devoted (to something).
    • deep devotion
    • blind devotion
    • show devotion

    Synonyms: dedication

  2. Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
    • He showed great devotion to his religious practices.
  3. A prayer (often found in the plural).
  4. Religious offerings; alms.

Origin

From Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum + -tio, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote + -ion.

Forms

devotions

Derived

devotional devotionless lip devotion misdevotion overdevotion self-devotion undevotion