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devotion

noun
/dɪˈvəʊʃən/UK/dɪˈvoʊʃən/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from dēvōtiō
  2. derived from devocion

Definitions

  1. The act or state of devoting or being devoted

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

    • deep devotion
    • blind devotion
    • show devotion

  2. Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.

    • He showed great devotion to his religious practices.

  3. A prayer (often found in the plural).

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Religious offerings

      Religious offerings; alms.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at devotion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at devotion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at devotion

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA