Staunch

The word: Staunch

Part of Speech: Verb

The Source Sentence and Page #:
In 1980,however, despite my father's staunch devotion to freedom and fairness, he was still a foreigner with an accent, an accent that after the Iranian Revolution was associated with all things bad. P. 119

Context Clues:
This is a logic vocabulary word because he uses devotion i immediately thought of loyalty to his freedom.

Definition:
Strong, Substantial, firm or steadfast in principle, adherence; loyalty as a person

Your Original Sentence:
The stuanch of tina's devotion to friendship was heartwelming.