affection
Speech parts
1. affection - Noun
2. affection - Verb
Meaning
Affectation.
The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc., are affections of bodies.
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.
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.
Prejudice; bias.
Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
The lively representation of any emotion.
Passion; violent emotion.
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Examples
Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.
Mutual affection gives each his share.
Mutual affection is when each gives his share.
A single roll of taro top is delicious if seasoned with affection.