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- Dictionaryaffection/əˈfɛkʃn/
noun
- 1. a gentle feeling of fondness or liking: "she felt affection for the wise old lady"
- 2. the action or process of affecting or being affected. archaic
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1. : a feeling of liking and caring for someone or something : tender attachment : fondness. She had a deep affection for her parents. 2. : a moderate feeling or emotion. 3. a (1) : a bodily condition. (2) : disease, malady. a pulmonary affection. b. : attribute. shape and weight are affections of bodies. 4. obsolete : partiality, prejudice. 5.
AFFECTION definition: 1. a feeling of liking for a person or place: 2. feelings of liking or love: 3. to succeed in…. Learn more.
Affection definition: fond attachment, devotion, or love. See examples of AFFECTION used in a sentence.
AFFECTION meaning: 1. a feeling of liking for a person or place: 2. feelings of liking or love: 3. to succeed in…. Learn more.
Affection is the positive feeling you may have or express for other people or things. Your grandma may show her affection for you by pinching your cheek, and you may show your affection for your dog by rubbing her belly.
n. 1. a feeling of fondness or tenderness for a person or thing; attachment. 2. ( often plural) emotion, feeling, or sentiment: to play on a person's affections. 3. (Pathology) pathol any disease or pathological condition. 4. (Psychology) psychol any form of mental functioning that involves emotion. See also affect 12.
1. fond attachment, devotion, or love. the affection of a parent for an only child. 2. (often affections) a. emotion; feeling; sentiment. over and above our reason and affections. b. the emotional realm of love.
