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 much like Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet,” she’s not trying to retell this famous tale; she’s reimagining it as the outsized, grand spectacle it has become in both public consciousness and personal affection.
From Salon
Our romantic episode felt mass-produced, as if affection were being pushed through Adam Smith’s pin factory.
"We all like spice, we're all human, we all like affection and I just thought 'let's give it a whirl'", she said.
From BBC
Proponents hailed lions as a keystone species that enhances biodiversity and pointed out the affection they generate — from Los Angeles’ late, famed P-22 to the lion that recently strolled through San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times
Addressing Windsor's family at the front of the courtroom, the coroner added: "I hope you can think of the happy times he brought to the public and the deep affection the public held him in."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
