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Affections

/əˈfɛkʃənz/

The act of affecting or acting upon.

📖 Definitions of "Affections"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of affecting or acting upon.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.

  4. 4

    An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.

verb
  1. 1

    To feel affection for.

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