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devotion
English
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Etymology
From Old French devocion, from Latin d?v?ti?, from d?v?tum +? -tio, from the supine of d?vove? (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote +? -ion.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??v????n/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??vo???n/
Noun
devotion (usually uncountable, plural devotions)
- (uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.
- (uncountable) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication
- (uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
- (countable, ecclesiastical) A prayer (often found in the plural)
- (in the plural, obsolete) Religious offerings; alms.
Translations
Middle French
Noun
devotion f (plural devotions)
- devotion (quality of being devoted)
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tenderness
English
Etymology
tender +? -ness
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t?n.d?.n?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t?n.d?.n?s/
- Hyphenation: ten?der?ness
Noun
tenderness (countable and uncountable, plural tendernesses)
- a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
- When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness.
- 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette
- I had known him jealous, suspicious; I had seen about him certain tendernesses, fitfulnesses—a softness which came like a warm air, and a ruth which passed like early dew, dried in the heat of his irritabilities: this was all I had seen.
- concern for the feelings or welfare of others
- When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.
- pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched
- He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.
Translations
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