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affection

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  1. feeling               
 
1. af.fec.tion \*-'fek-sh*n\ n [ME, fr. MF affection, fr. L affection-, 
   affectio, fr. aff]ectus, pp. 1: a moderate feeling or emotion  2: tender 
   attachment : LOVE  obs  3: PARTIALITY, PREJUDICE  4: the feeling aspect of 
   consciousness  5a: PROPENSITY, DISPOSITION  archaic  5b: AFFECTATION 
2. affection n 1: the action of affecting : the state of being affected  
   2a1: a bodily condition  2a2: DISEASE, MALADY  2b: ATTRIBUTE