noun prejudice; bias.
2. affection ·noun passion; violent emotion.
3. affection ·noun affectation.
4. affection ·noun the lively representation of any emotion.
5. affection ·noun disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
6. affection ·noun the act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
7. affection ·noun an attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, ·etc. , are affections of bodies.
8. affection ·noun a settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment;
often in the ·pl formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.
9. affection ·noun bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, ·etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, ·etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.