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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Locals in Pawleys Island have a special affection for classic vehicles.
It treats gift-giving not as a theatrical display of affection but an opportunity to serve one another.
And expect further public displays of financial affection from arms companies awaiting the administration’s final verdict on Golden Dome contracts, which will likely be announced in early 2026.
From Salon
Australians had organically adopted "Bom" as a term of affection, like a nickname for a friend, he said.
From BBC
What made the musical so fresh was the inventive manner in which Mr. Groff made his own personal affection for Darin a new and crucial ingredient in a familiar recipe.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
