endearment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of showing affection

WordNet


En*dear"ment noun
Definitions
  1. The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor.
    Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson.

Webster 1913