Synonyms:
affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
Meaning: a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"
Usage examples
[Sidenote: Affection based on the refraction.]
His affection for his present wife grew steadily.
The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection.
She still cherished a very tender affection for Bingley.
He fencing for a topic with which he might gain my affection.
His flatteries delude, and his professions of affection gratify you.
Between man and beast there is no society, though there may be affection.
It was more his own affection than her kindness that had attached him to her.
John had not much affection for his mother and sisters, and an antipathy to me.
"I want no proof of their affection," said Elinor; "but of their engagement I do."