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• n  a positive feeling of liking
  he had trouble expressing the affection he felt

• They turned their mutual affection into a potent foreign policy partnership.
• Dan Savage: I'm uncomfortable generally with public displays of affection, and is there a more public display of affection than a wedding? It's sort of the floor show, the big .
• Draconian bans on public displays of affection in a growing number of schools have parents and students up in arms.

• affectionateness
• fondness
• tenderness
• heart
• warmness
• warmheartedness
• philia

News & Articles

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• Music: Ywada - End Of The Road iykal Snoddy
  When it seems like the affection is leaking out the relationship, it appears it may be “The End of The Road.”
  June 17, 2013 - Singersroom
• The Ultimate NBA vs. NHL Playoffs Debate
  Every spring, the NBA and the NHL wind up competing for the affection of sports fans around the globe while figuring out which collection of highly trained, expertly managed millionaires should hoist a big hunk of metal as part of a sem i-impromptu parade. And every spring—coincidentally (or not)—thousands (perhaps millions) of remote controls are worn out by viewers flipping between channels in ...
  June 17, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Eyeball licking hottest new trend amongst lovestruck teens: GRAPHIC CONTENT
  Most lovestruck teens show their affection by holding hands, staying up all night on the phone and passing love notes in class. But in Japan, teens have decided to show their love in a new, bizarre way: by licking eyeballs.…
  June 16, 2013 - WPIX 11 New York

Quotes

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• Danny Boyle in Reuters
  Your mad, pulsating affection for our film is much appreciated, really deeply appreciated,Boyle said.
• John McCain in Washington Post
  It's huge that he's absent,John McCain told George Stephanopoulos, "not only because of my personal affection for him, but because I think the health-care reform might be in a very different place today."
• Betty Ford in USA Today
  My family and I are touched beyond words by the outpouring of affection and the many wonderful tributes we have received following the death of my husband,Betty Ford said, according to Willard.