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 the messages revealed during the criminal trial that the pair continued to show their affection even as her lawyers cast him as the unseen villain.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Such moments are instantly familiar to any Italian, because being Italian means understanding that food is affection, hospitality and identity rolled into one.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
O’Rourke, with gentle mockery or even wry affection.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Our enduring affection for Ross may be hardwired into our collective psyche, in other words.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
Why would a young woman who was treated with genuine decency—even affection, in Mrs. Washington’s view—want to leave an honored position in this great home?
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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