self-devotion

[self-di-voh-shuhn, self-]

noun

1. intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.

2. devotion of oneself to the care or service of another or others; self-sacrifice.

   Her self-devotion to her sick mother prevented her from finishing college.

Other Word Forms

• self-devoted adjective
• self-devotedly adverb
• self-devotedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-devotion¹

First recorded in 1805–15