affection
nounDefinition of affection
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
b
: attribute
shape and weight are affections of bodies
5
: the feeling aspect (as in pleasure) of consciousness
6a
: propensity, disposition
7
: the action of affecting : the state of being affected
8
: umlaut sense 2
—used especially in the grammar of the Celtic languages
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