The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adoration \Ad`o*ra"tion\, n. [L. adoratio, fr. adorare: cf. F.
   adoration.]
   1. The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship
      paid to God; the act of addressing as a god.
      [1913 Webster]

            The more immediate objects of popular adoration
            amongst the heathens were deified human beings.
                                                  --Farmer.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration;
      intense regard and love; fervent devotion.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage
      from two thirds of the conclave.
      [1913 Webster]

            [Pole] might have been chosen on the spot by
            adoration.                            --Froude.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

adoration
    n 1: a feeling of profound love and admiration [syn: worship,
         adoration]
    2: the act of admiring strongly [syn: adoration,
       idolization, idolisation]
    3: the worship given to God alone [syn: adoration, latria]