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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But, privately, there has never been a great deal of mutual regard or affection.
From Los Angeles Times
Your father not only withheld that financial support and love and affection from your 9-year-old self, he also blocked the way for your stepfather to completely fulfill that role.
From MarketWatch
They have their ups and downs, but, with a little learning, the downs always lead to ups; the show treats them all with affection, as they treat each other.
From Los Angeles Times
"Real Madrid appreciates the unanimous support, backing, and affection that our player Vinicius Jr. has received from all areas of the global football community."
From Barron's
Soldiers fight, Chesterton says, because their cause is bound up with their affections for their family and fealty to their God.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
