Synonym: admiration. Similar words: affectionate, affectation, infection, affect, effectively, effectiveness, affliction, section. Meaning: [-kʃn] 
n. a positive feeling of liking.
n. a positive feeling of liking. 
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151, That he had a deep affection for her no one knew, certainly not Rose.
152, Guideline 7: Show your affection and foster your child's love and respect.
153, As a result of my friendship with Harold Wilson I developed considerable affection for him, which I still maintain.
154, I sat down and he hopped on to me, showing affection.
155, Please let me say, Helen, that I have the very greatest affection and respect for you.
156, She was far from being so, and I always remember her with affection for the way she enlivened my drama classes.
157, They held hands and laughed, and the genuine affection between the two was obvious.
158, I still had a great affection for his body, and it was lovely to think we might play again.
159, And I had an affection for Bernard who went to school with me.
160, The conservative Cornish, who had not forgotten their previous grievances, had a deep affection for the Latin Liturgy.
161, The only time you express affection for each other is in bed.
162, My father didn't find it easy to express his affection for us.
163, At college he was held in great affection and esteem by his fellow students.
164, I don't at all disparage Marisleysis' motives or her genuine affection for Elian.
165, Then as the foal matures, it will form friendships with other horses and develop affection for them too.
166, But he had a deep affection for his wife, and she for him.
167, She expresses much appreciation for what she considers beautiful and is beginning to show and receive affection.
168, During the novel Lady Bertrmm and Sir Thomas never display a great deal of affection towards one another.
169, Since the age of eight,[Sentence dictionary] she's had an affection for music.
170, There is a need to go on being touched, to receive affection and recognition in this way all through life.
171, Certainly, younger children show affection and have feelings of liking and disliking.
172, He will be remembered with great affection as a generous host and a good listener.
173, She remembered Jeff and the deep affection and caring she had felt for him.
174, Well, it has bought us a Congress that ranks with bill collectors in the public affection.
175, Don't you know that Leeds fans express their affection for a player by verbally flaying him alive.
176, Over nearly fifty years, I have developed a great affection for them.
177, Even where deep affection remains unaltered, the gap between them often becomes a chasm as years go by.
178, Those who knew Billy Callender still speak of him with affection and regard all these years later.
179, You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. Buddha 
180, But a Churchill of whom I can only speak with deep affection is Randolph's son, Winston.
More similar words: affectionate, affectation, infection, affect, effectively, effectiveness, affliction, section, election, direction, selection, objection, projection, collection, connection, reflection, protection, inspection, introspection, effect, in all directions, in effect, take effect, environmental protection, the greenhouse effect, action, fiction, auction, function, reaction.