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      affection
      noun
      A feeling of love or strong attachment.
      An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
      The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
      The act of affecting or acting upon.
      An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
      (medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
      verb
      (now rare) To feel affection for.
      Roots
      faciofect- · Latin · make, do
      Synonyms for affection
      fondnessntendernessnuxoriousnessnlovenadmirationnsympathynadorationndevotionninfatuationndotingadjfeelingsnamativenessnardencyadjamorousnessn
      Words related to affection
      warmheartednessnwarmnessncaressiveadjaffectionateadjsoftheartednessnendearmentsnoverfondadjlovabilitynphilogynynamativeadjadoringadjprotectivenessnlovablenessnkindnessnamativelyadvamorousadjempressementnamoristnfriendshipnkindheartednessnintimacynlovesomeadjcordialityncompassionntenderheartednessncommiserationn

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