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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They’ll respect your affection for an old Underwood typewriter while focusing on the practical question of where it’s actually going to go.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
James does share moments of affection and victory with Odin but there’s nothing to relieve the constant danger, even though structurally, the film has already sapped its potential suspense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Despite developing something like mutual affection, the men are opposites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
More than a quarter of a century after he stopped playing for West Ham, the chant still regularly sung by fans shows the affection in which former Hammers goalkeeper Ludek Miklosko is held.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Rowan watched the three adults sleeping and wondered at the feeling of affection for them that welled up in him.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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