affection
Usage
What are other ways to say affection?
Affection is a fondness for others that is enduring and tender, but calm. Devotion is an intense love and steadfast, enduring loyalty to a person; it may also imply consecration to a cause. Love may apply to various kinds of regard: the charity of the Creator, reverent adoration toward God or toward a person, the relation of parent and child, the regard of friends for each other, or romantic feelings for another person, etc.
Example Sentences
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Here, Bree experiences heartbreak, isolation, bewilderment, unconditional affection, joy, anger, frustration, regret and contentment.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Climbing out of grinding poverty in rural Appalachia, Parton seemingly never planned on becoming a gay icon, but it is a role she fully embraced -- showing particular affection for drag performers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Their shared affection is strong enough to weather the intrusion of a camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Schalk and Rodriguez have great affection for a sport that took them around the world before they met each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude: it is a mouth which should speak much and smile often, and have human affection for its interlocutor.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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