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Definitions of 'affection' Wordnet 

1. (noun) affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
a positive feeling of liking
"he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"


Definitions of 'affection' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) affection
the act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected

2. (noun) affection
an attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies

3. (noun) affection
bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency

4. (noun) affection
a settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children

5. (noun) affection
prejudice; bias

6. (noun) affection
disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection

7. (noun) affection
the lively representation of any emotion

8. (noun) affection
affectation

9. (noun) affection
passion; violent emotion


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