Definition of: affection

(ə·fek′shən) noun
1. Often plural Good disposition, as toward another; fond attachment; kind feelings: usually distinguished from love as less powerful or intense.
2. Often plural A mental state brought about by any influence; an emotion or feeling: to influence people by playing on their affections.
3. An abnormal state of the body; disease.
4. The act of affecting or influencing or the state of being influenced.
5. A property or attribute: Thought is said to be an affection of matter.
6. Psychol. Conscious perception of feeling or emotion: distinguished from cognition.
7. Obs. Constitutional inclination; tendency. See synonyms under ATTACHMENT, FRIENDSHIP, LOVE, INFLUENCE, DISEASE.