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   Af·fec·tion

   /əˈfekSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. a gentle feeling of fondness or liking: "she felt affection for the wise old lady"
   • ▪ physical expressions of affection: "they are lonely and they crave affection"
   • 2. the act or process of affecting or being affected. archaic
   • ▪ a condition or disease: "an affection of the skin"
   • ▪ a mental state; an emotion.

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin affectio(n-), from afficere ‘to influence’ (see affect2).

   Derivatives

   • 1. affectional adjective

   Scrabble Points: 17

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