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.
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"Captain Picard stood for the best of us and so did the man who played him. I was filled with affection and admiration for him and his work," Shatner added.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
"My affection, solidarity, and support to all the victims and their families."
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Now Mr. El-Sayed likens his affection for Mr. Obama to his love for his own father.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Even passing details of a beanbag in a frat-house game of cornhole—“its lumpiness shifting and contorting in flight”—are imbued with charming affection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
There were his political and religious theories, his vigilant search for dark conspiracies, his joy in languages, his affection for Zita, and of course, his abiding commitment to chess.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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