Devotion
Devotion noun - A feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone.
Spite
Spite noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: spread cruel lies out of pure spite
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Yuuya's devotion has a degree of spite mixed in with the love, and he does think of Sakuya with a degree of condescension.
Source: The Resenter -
She's willing to stick by Tetsuo in spite of his extreme psychological instability and the fact that he never really seems to reciprocate her devotion.
Source: Love Martyr -
Warrior Monk: Super soldiers who train and dwell in fortress-monasteries, holding nigh-unshakeable faith in their role as The Emperor's favored champions (Most of them however, in spite of their zeal and devotion, do not regard him as a god though).
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