Noun

Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or hate.

We share a passion for books.

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Fervor, determination.

An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.

It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion .

sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional

We shared a night of passion .

The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.

A play, musical composition or display meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.

(obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.

a cardiac passion

* Wyclif Bible (Rom. viii. 18)

the passions of this time

(obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; opposed to action .

* John Locke

A body at rest affords us no idea of any active power to move, and, when set is motion, it is rather a passion than an action in it.

(obsolete) Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.

* Francis Bacon

mouldable and not mouldable, scissible and not scissible, and many other passions of matter

(obsolete) An innate quality, property, or attribute of a thing.

to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle. (rfex)

(obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.

(Shakespeare)

Noun

(en-noun)

(label) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.

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(label) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.

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(label) A business or amorous link or involvement.

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(label) Something one is interested in.

Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.

*, II.12:

How can this infinite beauty, power and goodnes admit any correspondencie or similitude with a thing so base and abject as we are, without extreme interest and manifest derogation from his divine greatnesse?

The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.