dedications
Words honoring someone
Dedications is the plural of dedication.
A dedication is a formal inscription at the front of a book or other creative work honoring someone: The dedications in her novels always thanked her mother.
Dedication also means committed devotion to a task or purpose: Their dedications to the cause never wavered.
Offering of respect
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- inscriptionText permanently marked
- forewordIntroductory book section
- author's noteWriter's direct address to readers
gratitude · honoree · manuscript · memoir · autobiography · publisher · epitaph · commemoration
Formal beginning ceremony
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- ribbon-cuttingCeremonial opening event
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- openingGap or start
blessing · christening · groundbreaking · plaque · memorial · monument · statue · building
Deep, loyal commitment
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
passion · loyalty · steadfastness · diligence · focus · drive · tenacity · single-mindedness
Making someone or something sacred
- offeringSomething presented or given
- altarSacred ritual table
- templeSacred worship structure
- shrineSacred devotional place
covenant · baptism · ordination · vow · sacred · blessing · devotional · pilgrimage
tribute
Offering of respect
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- inscriptionText permanently marked
- forewordIntroductory book section
author's note · gratitude · honoree · manuscript · memoir · autobiography · publisher · epitaph · commemoration · homage
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- ribbon-cuttingCeremonial opening event
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
opening · blessing · christening · groundbreaking · plaque · memorial · monument · statue · building · cornerstone
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
sacrifice · passion · loyalty · steadfastness · diligence · focus · drive · tenacity · single-mindedness · resolve
sanctification
Making someone or something sacred
shrine · covenant · baptism · ordination · vow · sacred · blessing · devotional · pilgrimage · ritual
- Pop RadioDJs, playlists, airplay, spins, Billboard Hot 100
- acknowledgmentsacknowledgment, acknowledgement, acknowledgments, acknowledgment, gratitude
- bookendsprefaces, afterwords, forewords, postscripts, introductions
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- written worksessay, novel, anthologies, history books, letter
dedicationsdisloyalties
Acts of unfaithfulness
abandonments · betrayals · desertions · neglects · indifferences
dedicationsdesecrations
Violations of sacred spaces
decommissionings · profanations · defilements · demolitions · abandonments
- dedication ceremonyFormal opening celebration
- dedication songSong requested for another
- dedication speechFormal address at consecration
- baby dedicationChurch ceremony for newborns
- church dedicationCeremony sanctifying a worship building
- dedication ceremoniesEvents formally opening something