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Passion Definition


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Passion
noun
    1. The suffering and death of Christ.
      Form: the Passion (usually)
    2. An account of this from one of the Gospels.
    3. A musical setting of one of these accounts.



passion
noun
    1. A violent emotion, eg hate, anger or envy.
      Thesaurus: intensity, zeal, enthusiasm, love, excitement, emotion, verve.
    2. A fit of anger.
    3. Sexual love or desire.
      Thesaurus: sexual desire, lust, the hots (slang), fervour, adoration, craving, fascination, love.
    4a. An enthusiasm;
      Example: has a passion for bikes
    4b. Something for which one has great enthusiasm.
      Example: Bikes are his passion
    5. Martyrdom.
Etymology: 12c: French, from Latin passio, from pati to suffer.



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