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DEVOTION
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Traducere în limba română
devotion substantiv
1. devoţiune, pietate, evlavie, cucernicie, smerenie.
2. devoţiune, credinţă, fidelitate; devotament; dăruire.
3. consacrare, închinare, jertfire, dăruire.
4. plural închinare, rugăciuni.
5. devoir (2).
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
My respect for that young lady, my admiration of her character, my devotion to her for her love and truth, and goodness!
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
Everybody likes to go their own way—to chuse their own time and manner of devotion.
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
Perhaps it is because I am weak at present, and perhaps because it was on Lucy's account, that their devotion was manifested; for over and over again have I seen similar instances of woman's kindness.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
I knew what the devotion of her nature was.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
Jealousy and bitterness had been suspended: selfishness was lost in the common cause; but at the moment of her appearance, Frederick was listening with looks of devotion to Agatha's narrative, and pressing her hand to his heart; and as soon as she could notice this, and see that, in spite of the shock of her words, he still kept his station and retained her sister's hand, her wounded heart swelled again with injury, and looking as red as she had been white before, she turned out of the room, saying, I need not be afraid of appearing before him.
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
For I know how he has altered, in his devotion to me.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
The devotion of a life—it seems a life, it is all the same—is at an end; Miss Shepherd comes out of the morning service, and the Royal Family know her no more.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
Mr. Micawber was so deeply affected by this proof of her devotion (as to me, I was dissolved in tears), that he hung over her in a passionate manner, imploring her to look up, and to be calm.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
In the latter case I was always very miserable afterwards, to think that I had said nothing to the purpose; or that she had no idea of the extent of my devotion, or that she cared nothing about me.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
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