affection

C1
UK /əˈfekʃn/US /əˈfekʃn/

Meaning

noun
the feeling of liking or loving somebody/something very much and caring about them
Children need lots of love and affection.

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[LAUGHTER] At our graduation, we were bound by enormous affection, by our shared experience of a time that could never come again, and, of course, by the knowledge that we held certain

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And I say this out of affection for them: there's something curious about professors.

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we must create an emotional response in order to succeed laughter fear Joy anger affection surprise and most of all pride of accomplishment in the end triggering these feelings from our players

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[LAUGHTER] At our graduation, we were bound by enormous affection, by our shared experience of a time that could never come again, and, of course, by the knowledge that we held certain

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