ethyl alcohol: the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
consecration: a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal)