personal affection

collocation in English

meaningsofpersonalandaffection

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personal
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us
/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/
relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or ...
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affection
noun
uk
/əˈfek.ʃən/us
/əˈfek.ʃən/
a feeling of liking for a person ...
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(Definition ofpersonalandaffectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Similarly, the law was side-stepped by individuals, especially women, who made decisions and followed strategies that were based onpersonalaffection.
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Family exchanges may be becoming less duty-driven and more open to individual variation, andpersonalaffectionand attachment may be increasingly important for family cohesion and inter-generational ties.
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Many of us hold him inpersonalaffection.
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It revealed a regard and appreciation warmed bypersonalaffection.
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I hold him in the warmestpersonalaffection, as well as political respect.
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I have a greatpersonalaffectionfor him, as well as an admiration of him as a debater.
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I havepersonalaffectionfor him because he is a good cyclist and enjoys the river, so sharing two of my passions.
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Approval of what he said to-day proceeds from far more than thepersonalaffectionwhich we feel for him.
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I, too, am very firmly concerned with this not only through our great personal admiration and mypersonalaffectionfor the present incumbent, and not necessarily only following tradition.
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We held him in high regard and in somepersonalaffection, and we were sorry that he had to miss his farewell party because of the storms.
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There must have been a great wrenching of personal affections.
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