Meaning of affection | Babel Free

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1. The act of affecting or acting upon.
   countable, uncountable
2. The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
   countable, uncountable
3. liking or fondness. I have great affection for her, but she never shows any affection towards me. deernis عَطْف، حُنُو، حُب привързаност afeição náklonnost, sympatie die Zuneigung hengivenhed; ømhed; kærlighed στοργήafecto, cariño kiindumus علاقه؛ محبت hellyys affectionחיבה, אהבה स्नेह ljubav vonzalom kasih sayang hlÿhugur, ástúð affetto 愛情 애정 prielankumas, simpatija pieķeršanās; simpātijas kesukaan genegenheidkjærlighet, hengivenhetuczucie مینه ، علاقه afeição afecţiune привязанность, любовь...
4. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
   countable, uncountable
5. having or showing affection. an affectionate child; She is very affectionate towards her mother. liefderik وَدُود، مُحِب، حَنُون нежен carinhoso láskyplný, srdečný liebevoll hengiven; kærlig στοργικόςcariñoso hell مهربان hellä affectueux רוֹחֵש חִיבָּה स्नेही privržen ragaszkodó menyayangi ástúðlegur affezionato, affettuoso 愛情の深い 애정이 있는 meilus mīlošs menyayangi liefhebbendkjærlig, hengivenczuły زړه سواند، مهربان carinhoso afectuos нежный, ласковый láskyplný prisrčen nežan tillgiven ซึ่งรักใคร...
6. An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
   countable, uncountable
7. liefderik بِحَنَان، بِوُد، بِمَحَبَّه нежно carinhosamente laskavě, srdečně liebevoll hengivent; ømt; kærligt στοργικά afectuosamente, cariñosamente hellalt مهربانانه hellästi affectueusement בְּחִיבָּה स्नेह से privrženo szeretetteljes(en) penuh kasih sayang ástúðlega affettuosamente 愛情をこめて 애정이 넘치게 meiliai mīloši penyayang liefhebbendkjærlig, hengivent czule په زړه سواندی سره carinhosamente cu afecţiune нежно, ласково srdečne prisrčno nežno tillgivet อย่างรักใคร่ sevgiyle, muhabbetle 充滿感情地 н...
8. A feeling of love or strong attachment.
   countable, uncountable
9. [sickness] afección, dolencia, enfermedad; [feeling] expresión de cariño, afecto o afección.
10. A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
11. A tender feeling toward another; fondness.
12. often affections Feeling or emotion: an unbalanced state of affections.
13. A disposition to feel, do, or say; a propensity.
14. Obsolete Prejudice; partiality.
    Obsolete
15. a feeling of fondness or tenderness for a person or thing; attachment
16. (often plural) emotion, feeling, or sentiment: to play on a person's affections.
    often plural

Equivalents

Examples

“A Porism is a proposition in which it is proposed to demonstrate that some one thing, or more things than one, are given, to which, as also to each of innumerable other things, not given indeed, but which have the same relation to those which are given, it is to be shewn that there belongs some common affection described in the proposition.”

“Our affections for wild animals are distributed very unevenly. Take insects.”

“It is known that each individual has a variety of affections, one affection when in joy, another when in grief, another when in sympathy and compassion, another when in sincerity and truth, another when in love and charity, another when in zeal or in anger, another when in simulation and deceit, another when in quest of honor and glory, and so on.”

“I have a lot of affection for my little sister.”

“The marriage therapist suggested they show each other more affection.”

“Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He delighted in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.”

“What is more, they are protected from even such discomfort as the dislike of his prisoners may cause to a gaoler by the hypnotism of the convention that the natural relation between husband and wife and parent and child is one of intense affection, and that to feel any other sentiment towards a member of one's family is to be a monster.”

“"Did you ever like me back, Ryan? All those years, I didn't know how to show my affection for you, so I wasn't sure if you weren't getting it or you just didn't care. But I need to know which it was."”

“Dated a girl that I hate, for the attention / She only made it two days, what a connection / It's like you'd do anything, for my affection / You're going all about it in the worst ways”

“a pulmonary affection”

“The recedent or retrograde form is marked by a sudden subsidence of the inflammatory state of the joints, succeeded immediately by an affection of some internal part, where is thenceforth the seat of the morbid manifestations.”

“A heavy clay soil is bad for all neuralgics, and the house should be dry, and on a sandy or gravel soil. The desideratum for all neuralgic affections is perpetual summer […]”

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