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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dedication \Ded'i*ca"tion\, noun [L. dedicatio.]
1. The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple.
2. A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use.
3. An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dedication
noun
1: complete and wholehearted fidelity
2: a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose
3: a message that makes a pledge [syn: {commitment}]
4: a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something [syn: {inscription}]
5: the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" [syn: {commitment}, {allegiance}, {loyalty}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
179 Moby Thesaurus words for "dedication": abandon, acknowledgments, address, adherence, allegiance, altruism, ardency, ardor, assigned task, assignment, back, back matter, bastard title, beatification, beatitude, bibliography, blessedness, blessing, bounden duty, burden, business, call of duty, canonization, catch line, catchword, charge, colophon, commitment, committedness, consecration, constancy, contents, contents page, copyright page, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, deference, definiteness, determinateness, determination, determinedness, devoir, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, disinterest, disinterestedness, duties and responsibilities, duty, earnestness, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, enshrinement, errata, ethics, exaltation, faith, faithfulness, fastness, fealty, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fire, firmness, fixedness, flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, glorification, grace, half-title page, hallowing, head, heartiness, heat, heatedness, homage, humility, impassionedness, imperative, imprint, index, inscription, intensity, intentness, introduction, justification, justification by works, leaf, line of duty, loyalty, makeup, message, mission, modesty, must, obligation, obstinacy, onus, ordainment, ordination, ought, page, passion, passionateness, perseverance, persistence, place, pledge, preface, preliminaries, purification, purpose, purposefulness, recto, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, respect, reverso, running title, sacrifice, sainthood, sainting, sanctification, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-devotion, self-effacement, self-forgetfulness, self-immolation, self-imposed duty, self-neglect, self-neglectfulness, self-renouncement, self-sacrifice, self-subjection, self-will, selflessness, seriousness, setting apart, signature, sincerity, single-mindedness, spirit, state of grace, staunchness, steadfastness, subtitle, table of contents, tail, tenacity, text, title, title page, total commitment, tried-and-trueness, triedness, trim size, trueness, type page, unacquisitiveness, unpossessiveness, unselfishness, vehemence, verso, warmth, wholeheartedness, will, zeal
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