#devotion
- To self-sacrifice / To deny oneself — The act of voluntarily relinquishing one's own interests, desires, rights, or personality out of a spirit of absolute devotion to a high cause, an idea, or the well-being of another person. It represents the voluntary act of self-sacrifice.
- Abnegation / Self-denial — Complete devotion, altruism, and spirit of voluntary sacrifice that leads a person to entirely relinquish their own interests, desires, rights, or personality to serve a noble cause, a high idea, or to ensure the well-being of others.
- Adoration — The act of adoring and its result; the supreme manifestation of religious worship owed exclusively to the divinity, characterized by deep piety and absolute submission. In a secular or psychological context, the term denotes a state of passionate love, boundless admiration, or profound and idealized attachment toward a person or symbol.
- Angelus — A Christian devotional prayer (specifically within the Roman Catholic Church) commemorating the Incarnation, named after the opening words of the Latin text: 'Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae'. The term also denotes the specific tolling of church bells that announces the times for this prayer, three times a day (morning, noon, and evening), or an artistic representation inspired by this sacred spiritual moment.
- Ardent — Burning, hot, or glowing with an intense flame; passionate, fervent, filled with zeal, enthusiasm, or consuming devotion. Figuratively and in a literary sense, it describes a profound spiritual experience, a vivid desire, or an affective manifestation characterized by maximum structural intensity and a fervor that cannot be easily subdued.