affection

affection
affection1
affectionless, adj.
/euh fek"sheuhn/, n.
1. fond attachment, devotion, or love: the affection of a parent for an only child.
2. Often, affections.
a. emotion; feeling; sentiment: over and above our reason and affections.
b. the emotional realm of love: a place in his affections.
3. Pathol. a disease, or the condition of being diseased; abnormal state of body or mind: a gouty affection.
4. the act of affecting; act of influencing or acting upon.
5. the state of being affected.
6. Philos. a contingent, alterable, and accidental state or quality of being.
7. the affective aspect of a mental process.
8. bent or disposition of mind.
9. Obs. bias; prejudice.
[1200-50; ME < OF < L affection- (s. of affectio) disposition or state of mind or body; see AFFECT1, -ION]
Syn. 1. liking, friendliness, amity, fondness, friendship. See love.
Ant. 1. dislike.
affection2
/euh fek"sheuhn/, n. Obs.
affectation (defs. 1-3).
[1525-35; AFFECT2 + -ION]

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