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Definition of "self-devotion" []

  • Devotion or dedication of oneself, especially to a service or an ideal. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "self-devotion" in a sentence
  • "That first meeting of a knot of enthusiasts, at Niagara Falls, had all the earnestness of self-devotion."
  • "He recognized the fact that one of these ideas was, necessarily, good, while the other might become bad; that the first was self-devotion, and that the other was personality; that the one said, my neighbor, and that the other said, myself; that one emanated from the light, and the other from darkness."
  • "Oftener than is the case with other races, is she in the humor for self-devotion and sacrifice."