zeal.

Strong enthusiasm and commitment toward a cause, task, or belief.

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Words that belong together

• reforming zeal
• missionary zeal

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Her zeal revived the project before anyone had settled its budget.

He distrusted zeal that survived every contradiction unchanged.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.