affection
noun
af·fec·tion
ə-ˈfek-shən
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
4
obsolete
: partiality, prejudice
5
: the feeling aspect (as in pleasure) of consciousness
6
a
b
archaic
: affectation sense 1
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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