affection

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Synonyms: effection, affliction, abjection, affective, affectation, affecting, refection, defection, flection, advection, infection

Antonyms: effection, affliction, abjection, affective, affectation, affecting, refection, defection, flection, advection, infection

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Noun

The act of [[affect]]ing or acting upon.
The state of being [[affect|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]].
{{senseid|en|quality attribute}}An [[attribute]]; a [[quality]] or [[property]]; a condition.
An [[emotion]]; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
A feeling of [[love]] or strong [[attachment]]; a feeling of [[enjoyable]] and [[comforting]] [[fondness]].
{{lb|en|medicine|archaic}} A [[disease]]; a [[morbid]] [[symptom]]; a [[malady]].

{{lb|en|now|rare}} To [[feel]] [[#Noun|affection]] for. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}

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