Associations to the word «Dedication»

Wiktionary

DEDICATION, noun. (uncountable) The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated.
DEDICATION, noun. (countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection.
DEDICATION, noun. (countable) A ceremony marking an official completion or opening.
DEDICATION, noun. (legal) The deliberate or negligent surrender of all rights to property.

Dictionary definition

DEDICATION, noun. Complete and wholehearted fidelity.
DEDICATION, noun. A ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose.
DEDICATION, noun. A message that makes a pledge.
DEDICATION, noun. A short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something.
DEDICATION, noun. The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats