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(noun) readiness, forwardness, eagerness
prompt willingness
readiness to continue discussions; they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel; they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority; he tried to explain his forwardness in battle
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor; he felt a kind of religious zeal