devoting
Committing time to
Devoting is giving over time, energy, or resources to a particular purpose or cause.
The word implies dedication and commitment: She's been devoting herself to learning Spanish.
You can devote attention to a problem, devote a chapter to a topic, or devote your life to public service.
The participle often emphasizes ongoing effort rather than a single act.
Binding promise given
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- promiseCommitment to act
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
fidelity · loyalty · steadfastness · constancy · adherence · perseverance · tenacity · faithfulness
Unpaid community assistance
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- givingTransferring to another
- helpingSingle portion given
ministry · caregiving · sacrifice · offering · contribution · assistance · stewardship · benevolence
Intense emotional warmth
- zealIntense driving devotion
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- loveIntense fond attachment
adoration · obsession · intensity · eagerness · yearning · infatuation · fire · burning
Sustained single-minded attention
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- immersionState of being submerged
- engrossmentTotal absorption in something
mindfulness · intentness · contemplation · study · preoccupation · application · fixation · single-mindedness
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- prayerAddress to deity
- monasticismCloistered religious living
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
oblation · observance · meditation · piety · reverence · sanctification · submission · ritual
pledge
Binding promise given
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- promiseCommitment to act
- vowSolemn personal commitment
allegiance · fidelity · loyalty · steadfastness · constancy · adherence · perseverance · tenacity · faithfulness · bond
volunteerism
Unpaid community assistance
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- givingTransferring to another
helping · ministry · caregiving · sacrifice · offering · contribution · assistance · stewardship · benevolence · humanitarianism
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
- zealIntense driving devotion
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
love · adoration · obsession · intensity · eagerness · yearning · infatuation · fire · burning · wholeheartedness
concentration
Sustained single-minded attention
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- immersionState of being submerged
engrossment · mindfulness · intentness · contemplation · study · preoccupation · application · fixation · single-mindedness · heed
consecration
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- prayerAddress to deity
- monasticismCloistered religious living
asceticism · oblation · observance · meditation · piety · reverence · sanctification · submission · ritual · veneration
- distributingdistributing, dispensing, allocating, apportioning, doling out
- loyalty actskeeping secrets, keeping faith
devotingwithdrawing
Removing or pulling away
abandoning · forsaking · withholding · refusing · denying
devotingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · overlooking · slighting · dismissing · shunning
- blind devotionUnwavering allegiance ignoring flaws
- personal devotionSincere individual commitment
- religious devotionSincere worship commitment
- daily devotionsScheduled spiritual exercises
- motherly devotionA mother's committed love
- daily devotionalShort spiritual reading habit