AFFECTION


Meaning of AFFECTION in English

■ noun

1》 a feeling of fondness or liking.

2》 archaic the action or process of affecting or being affected.

↘a disease.

↘a mental state; an emotion.

Derivatives

~al adjective

Origin

ME: via OFr. from L. affectio(n-) , from afficere (see affect 2 ).

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