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affection noun admiration, adoration, ardor, attachment, closeness, devotion, endearment, excitation of feeling, fancy, feeling, fervor, firm attachment, fondness, fullness of heart, inclination, infatuation, kindness, love, mutual attraction, partiality, passion, penchant, pietas, popular regard, proneness, regard, sentiment, sentimental attachment, sentimentality, state of excitement, tender feellng, tender passion, tenderness, understanding, warmth, zealous attachment Associated concepts: alienation of affection See also: affinity, benevolence, predilection, predisposition, regard AFFECTION, contracts. The making over, pawning, or mortgaging a thing to assure the payment of a sum of money, or the discharge of some other duty or service. Techn. Diet. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Like so many female pastors throughout the ages, Burdick, or
Reverend Perie as she was affectionally called, was a wife, a mother,
and a tireless servant of God. He spoke so rarely, players affectionally called
him ``Gabby. Last December, Hernandez got a panicked call at home from a
neighbor, Anne Loraine Qualls, whose mother - affectionally known as
``Grandma Rita'' - was in full cardiac arrest. |
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