MUTUAL AFFECTION Synonyms

• a feeling of profound love and admiration

• the act of admiring strongly

• the worship given to God alone

• (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

• (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

• (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts

• a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character

• the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule

• inherent resemblance between persons or things

• a natural attraction or feeling of kinship

• a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

• a supplementary part or accessory

• a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding

• a connection that fastens things together

• faithful support for a cause or political party or religion

• the act of attaching or affixing something

• the act of fastening things together

• feelings of ardent love

• commitment to some purpose

• religious zeal; the willingness to serve God

• (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently)

• the act of showing affection

• a predisposition to like something

• a positive feeling of liking

• a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love

• the state of being friends (or friendly)

• close or warm friendship

• a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

• a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

• a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment

• a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

• any object of warm affection or devotion

• a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

• a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction

• a score of zero in tennis or squash

• sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people

• have a great affection or liking for

• get pleasure from

• be enamored or in love with

• have sexual intercourse with

• a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling

• a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)

• warm compassionate feelings

• a positive feeling of liking

• a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)

• the sensation caused by heat energy

• a warmhearted feeling

• the quality of having a moderate degree of heat

• the trait of being intensely emotional

• a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love

• sympathy of each person for the other