Devotion
Devotion noun - A feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone.
Service and devotion are semantically related in commitment topic. In some cases you can use "Service" instead a noun "Devotion".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Many of the main characters' troubles come from the countries' secret service that hunt down a love letter written by Tsarevich Shares of Rintar to Tsarevna Isenara of Savria to reassure her of his devotion, Tsarevich Shares being one of the nicest characters overall.
Source: Literature / The Year Of The Rat -
A variant appears in Tithe, the first of Holly Black's Modern Faerie Tales, where the Seelie knight Rath Roiben Rye is unwillingly pressed into service as the Black Knight for the Unseelie Queen Nicnevin...out of devotion and unrequited love for her sister, Queen Silarial of the Seelie Court.
Source: Lady and Knight - Kissing ass has a certain set of meanings in the modern era, but in those days it was the sign of a witch or warlock's devotion to and service to the Devil.
Source: Get Thee to a Nunnery
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