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n.) A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.

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	n.) ~~Bent of mind~~; a feeling or ~~natural impulse~~ or ~~natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion~~; as, ~~the benevolent affections, esteem~~, ~~gratitude~~, ~~etc.; the malevolent~~ affections~~, hatred, envy, etc.~~; ~~inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency~~.		n.) A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.