·noun Prejudice; bias.
II. Affection ·noun Passion; violent emotion.
III. Affection ·noun Affectation.
IV. Affection ·noun The lively representation of any emotion.
V. Affection ·noun Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
VI. Affection ·noun The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
VII. Affection ·noun An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, ·etc. , are affections of bodies.
VIII. Affection ·noun A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment;
— often in the ·pl Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.
IX. Affection ·noun Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, ·etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, ·etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.