affection
I
noun
admiration, adoration, amorousness, ardor, attachment, closeness, devotion, enchantment, endearment, excitation of feeling, fancy, feeling, fervency, fervor, firm attachment, fondness, fullness of heart, inclination, infatuation, kindness, love, mutual attraction, partiality, passion, penchant, pietas, popular regard, predisposition, proneness, regard, sentiment, sentimental attachment, sentimentality, state of excitement, tender feeling, tender passion, tenderness, understanding, warmth, zealous attachment
associated concepts: alienation of affection
II
index
affinity (regard), benevolence (disposition to do good), predilection, predisposition, regard (esteem)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006