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Definition of Devoid
Devoid

To empty out; to remove.

Void; empty; vacant.

Destitute; not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride.

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Devoid Quotations

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
Mohandas Gandhi

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.
Marcel Proust

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
Henri Matisse

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid of angels.
Jim Harrison

A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
Kemal Ataturk

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness.
Helen Hayes

The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and formalism.
Felix Adler

Devoid Translations

devoid in German is ohne, leer
devoid in Hungarian is mentes
devoid in Italian is vuoto
devoid in Norwegian is fri, blottet for
devoid in Spanish is vacio, desprovisto


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