affection
The act of affecting or acting upon.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of affecting or acting upon.
The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
Etymology
From Middle English affection, affeccion, affeccioun, from Old French affection, from Latin affectiōnem, from affectiō; equivalent to affect + -ion.
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AFFECTION at a glance
AFFECTION has 9 letters and scores 17 points in Scrabble (A 1 + F 4 + F 4 + E 1 + C 3 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,881 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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