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What does zeal mean?

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Noun
  1. The fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
  2. (obsolete) A zealot.
  3. The collective noun for a group of zebras.
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In his zeal to accumulate wealth, Mahmud neglected to administer to the lands he had conquered.
Space constraint did not abate their zeal to get a glimpse of the amazing cultural divergence of the nation.
His rousing words were delivered with such zeal that after a while you even began to believe that he believed what he was saying.
Excessive rabid zeal can be just as bad for a country as excessive do-nothing laziness.
At times the explanatory zeal of the commentators impels them into excess and absurdity.
She shared her husband's reforming zeal and supported him in his campaigns.

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