Definitions from Wiktionary (affection)

▸ noun:  The act of affecting or acting upon.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
▸ noun:  An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
▸ noun:  A feeling of love or strong attachment.
▸ noun:  (medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
▸ verb:  (now rare) To feel affection for.

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