The zeal for honesty had eaten him up.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : FERVOR
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Macmillan
— great energy, effort, and enthusiasm
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Collins
— Zeal is great enthusiasm, especially in connection with work, religion, or politics.
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Usage
1 use of ‘zeal’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster