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affection
English
Etymology
From Middle English affection, affeccion, affeccioun, from Old French affection, from Latin affecti?nem, from affecti?; see affect.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f?k??n/
- Hyphenation: af?fec?tion
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
affection (countable and uncountable, plural affections)
- The act of affecting or acting upon.
- 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.
- An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
- 1756, Robert Simson, Euclid's Elements
- A Porism is a proposition in which it is proposed to demonstrate that some one thing, or more things than one, are given, to which, as also to each of innumerable other things, not given indeed, but which have the same relation to those which are given, it is to be shewn that there belongs some common affection described in the proposition.
- 1756, Robert Simson, Euclid's Elements
- An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
- 1905, John C. Ager (translator), Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell Chapter 27
- It is known that each individual has a variety of affections, one affection when in joy, another when in grief, another when in sympathy and compassion, another when in sincerity and truth, another when in love and charity, another when in zeal or in anger, another when in simulation and deceit, another when in quest of honor and glory, and so on.
- 1905, John C. Ager (translator), Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell Chapter 27
- A feeling of love or strong attachment.
- 1908, Gorge Bernard Shaw, Getting Married/Spurious "Natural" Affection
- What is more, they are protected from even such discomfort as the dislike of his prisoners may cause to a gaoler by the hypnotism of the convention that the natural relation between husband and wife and parent and child is one of intense affection, and that to feel any other sentiment towards a member of one's family is to be a monster.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Chapter 61
- Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He delighted in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.
- 1908, Gorge Bernard Shaw, Getting Married/Spurious "Natural" Affection
- (medicine, archaic) Disease; morbid symptom; malady.
- 1907, The Medical Brief (volume 35, page 840)
- A heavy clay soil is bad for all neuralgics, and the house should be dry, and on a sandy or gravel soil. The desideratum for all neuralgic affections is perpetual summer […]
- 1907, The Medical Brief (volume 35, page 840)
Usage notes
In the sense of "feeling of love or strong attachment", it is often in the plural; formerly followed by "to", but now more generally by "for" or "toward(s)", for example filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children
Synonyms
- (kind feeling): attachment, fondness, kindness, love, passion, tenderness
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
affection (third-person singular simple present affections, present participle affectioning, simple past and past participle affectioned)
- (now rare) To feel affection for. [from 16th c.]
- 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, V:
- Why, truth is truth, I do not think my lady Isabella ever much affectioned my young lord, your son: yet he was a sweet youth as one should see.
- 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, V:
Translations
Further reading
- affection at OneLook Dictionary Search
- affection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- affection in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin affecti?, affecti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.f?k.sj??/
Noun
affection f (plural affections)
- affection, love, fondness
- medical condition, complaint, disease
Further reading
- “affection” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Scots
Noun
affection (plural affections)
- affection
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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forgiveness
English
Etymology
From Middle English forgiveness, forgifnes, from Old English for?ifnes, for?iefnes, for?iefennes (“forgiveness, remission, indulgence, permission”, literally “forgivenness”), equivalent to forgiven +? -ness. Cognate with Dutch vergiffenis.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /f????vn?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f????vn?s/
- Hyphenation: for?give?ness
Noun
forgiveness (usually uncountable, plural forgivenesses)
- The action of forgiving.
- 1931, Mahatma Gandhi, Young India
- The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
- 1931, Mahatma Gandhi, Young India
- Readiness to forgive.
Synonyms
- (action of forgiving): remission
- (readiness to forgive): mercy
Translations
References
- forgiveness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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