Passion (novel) definition

(1) The trait of being intensely emotional

(2) Any object of warm affection or devotion

"The theater was her first love"

"He has a passion for cock fighting";

(3) Strong feeling or emotion

(4) A feeling of strong sexual desire

(5) An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

(6) Something that is desired intensely

"His rage for fame destroyed him"

(7) The suffering of Jesus at the crucifixion