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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /əˈfɛk.ʃən/

Definition 1:
• The act of affecting or acting upon.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 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.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• A feeling of love or strong attachment; a feeling of enjoyable and comforting fondness.
Example: I have a lot of affection for my little sister.
Example: The marriage therapist suggested they show each other more affection.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
Labels: medicine, sciences, archaic, countable, uncountable
Verb
Pronunciation: /əˈfɛk.ʃən/

Definition 1:
• To feel affection for.
Labels: archaic

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/affection