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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“Good morning, dear,” Aunt Kitty began in her warm way, embracing Mrs. Maroney with sisterly affection, then patting angelic-looking Flora on her curly head.
From Literature
If someone gives affection and gifts easily, they can withdraw them just as easily.
From MarketWatch
If someone gives affection and gifts easily, they can withdraw them just as easily.
From MarketWatch
“I just hoped to go, train against professional players and improve. I didn’t expect the minutes I got or the affection I received. Being there changed many things for me,” Villalpando said.
From Los Angeles Times
Rather than preventing him from calling out hip-hop’s excesses, that affection drove him to do so.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
