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noun (n)

• complete and wholehearted fidelity(noun.attribute)

  source: wordnet30
• a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose(noun.event)

  source: wordnet30
• a message that makes a pledge(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  commitment
  

  source: wordnet30
• a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  inscription
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  allegiance, commitment, loyalty
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple.(noun)

  source: webster1913