devotion

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

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

His devotion to Sedleigh was purely unselfish. — Mike and Psmith, Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
What sort of devotion has rewarded mine? — Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Unknown
But no; he insisted upon his afternoon devotions. — Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street, Herman Melville

devotedness

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