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The definition of affection is love, or a fond attachment for something or something.

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A mother hugging her child, a cat cuddling with his owner and a husband bringing flowers for his wife are each an example of affection.

See affection in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a mental or emotional state or tendency; disposition or feeling
fond or tender feeling; warm liking
an affecting or being affected
Archaic a disease; ailment
Archaic an attribute or property of a thing

Origin: ME affecciun < OFr affection < L affectio, a state of feeling < pp. of afficere: see affect

Related Forms:

affectional adjective

See affection in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A tender feeling toward another; fondness. See Synonyms at love.
Feeling or emotion. Often used in the plural: an unbalanced state of affections.
A disposition to feel, do, or say; a propensity.
Obsolete Prejudice; partiality.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English affeccioun

Origin: , from Old French affection

Origin: , from Latin affectiō, affectiōn-

Origin: , from affectus

Origin: , past participle of afficere, to affect, influence; see affect¹

Related Forms:

af·fecˈtion·al adjective

af·fecˈtion·al·ly adverb

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