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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I think the reason they brought Jeff Daniels in is to highlight why Jimmy so desperately wants Paul’s affection.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Most of these funds have been in the works since before affection cooled for the category.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
She told the BBC how the men initially won over her affection by showering her with expensive gifts.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
This epistle is full of affection, respect and especially decency—that word George Orwell found best to describe the British people after he had returned from Burma and then watched his nation go to war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
And the affection, which always went along with a twinkle in her eye.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
