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
Despite his exclusion so far this season, Ramsdale is said to have a good relationship with Eckert, the coaching staff and the other goalkeepers - and has an affection for the club.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Philippe recalled receiving illustrated letters almost every week, filled with drawings, doodles and notes of affection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Chinese state media offered the opposite reading of the same images, casting the hand-holding as marital affection and Xi as the one helping his wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The reporter described Maggie and Kate Fox embracing “upon each other’s necks in an ecstasy of affection and delight at being together once again.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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