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Definition: SELF-DEVOTION |
SELF-DEVOTIONNoun1. The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self-devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice. |
Date "SELF-DEVOTION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Crosswords: SELF-DEVOTION |
| English words defined with "SELF-DEVOTION": Self-devotement. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "SELF-DEVOTION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vetësakrifikim (self abnegation, self denial, self-immolation), vetëmohim (dedication, self abnegation, self denial, self-renunciation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | себеотрицание (abnegation, renunciation, self abnegation, self denial, self sacrifice, self-renunciation), преданост (allegiance, devotion, fidelity, good faith, loyalty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 自已献身 (Self-devoted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | sebezasvìcení. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | önfeláldozás (devotion, self sacrifice, self-sacrifice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 각자 헌 (Self-devoted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elf-devotionsay sacrifício de si mesmo (self abnegation, self sacrifice, self-immolation), renúncia (abjuration, cession, departure, disclaimer, disclose, divestment, quitclaim, recession, relinquishment, renounce, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, self abnegation, surrender, waiver). (various references) самопожертвование (self abnegation, self denial, self sacrifice, self-immolation, self-renunciation, self-sacrifice), преданность (devotion, loyalty). (various references) samopredanost. (various references) självuppoffring (self denial, self sacrifice, self-immolation). (various references) fedakârlık (abnegation, devotion, sacrifice, self abnegation, self sacrifice, self-abandonment, unselfishness), özveri (devotion, sacrifice, self abnegation, self denial, self sacrifice, unselfishness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "SELF-DEVOTION" (pronounced 'Self`-de*vo"tion'): Aration, Argumentation, Argutation, Botheration, Flusteration, Junction, Paction, Pagination, Palification, Palliation, Palpation, Palpitation, Pandiculation, Panelation, Panification, Paralyzation, Parentation, Participation, Particularization, Parturition, Pasteurization, Patefaction, Patrocination, Patronization, Pauperization, Pectination, Peculation, Pediculation, Peragration, Perambulation, Perception, Percolation, Perdition, Peregrination, Peremption, Pererration, Perflation, Perforation, Periclitation, Perlustration, Permeation, Permistion, Pernoctation, Peroration, Peroxidation, Perpetration, Perpetuation, Perpotation, Perquisition, Perscrutation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-f-i-l-n-o-o-s-t-v" | |
-2 letters: fieldstone. | |
-3 letters: deletions, devotions, festooned, foveolets, lodestone, novelised, novelties, sevenfold. | |
-4 letters: deletion, denotive, devotion, eidolons, enlisted, entoiled, feedlots, felonies, felstone, foveoles, foveolet, infested, invested, lesioned, listened, looniest, loosened, nosedive, novelise, novelist, oilstone, olefines, sniveled, softened, solenoid, tenfolds, tinseled, veinlets, violones. | |
-5 letters: defiles, defines, denotes, dentils, destine, deveins, devotes, doolees, doolies, eftsoon, eidolon, elevons, eloined. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 45 4C 46 2D 44 45 56 4F 54 49 4F 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000101 01001100 01000110 00101101 01000100 01000101 01010110 01001111 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S E L F - D E V O T I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0045 004C 0046 002D 0044 0045 0056 004F 0054 0049 004F 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53394640153839564954434948 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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