affection : Idioms & Phrases
alienation of affection
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noun a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse
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Hydrocephaloid affection
(Med.) , the group of symptoms which follow exhausting diarrhea in young children, resembling those of acute hydrocephalus, or tubercular meningitis.
Webster 1913
Local affection
(Med.) , a disease or ailment confined to a particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the system.
Webster 1913
mutual affection
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noun sympathy of each person for the other
mutual understanding.
