mutual affection

collocation in English

meaningsofmutualandaffection

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mutual
adjective
uk
/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/
(of two or more people or groups) feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for ...
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affection
noun
uk
/əˈfek.ʃən/us
/əˈfek.ʃən/
a feeling of liking for a person ...
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(Definition ofmutualandaffectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Which is simply to say: we do not need to assume any greatmutualaffectionto get from there to here.
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That relationship could exist only on a basis ofmutualaffectionand respect.
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It was a great example of themutualaffectionwhich exists between our countries.
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In the case of the parent and child, there is a relationship ofmutualaffection.
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That is a wonderful advance for two countries whose histories have hardly been marked bymutualaffection.
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The basis of the contract under which the two parties to a marriage undertook to share their lives was themutualaffectionwhich they felt for one another.
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There is a relationship of respect,mutualaffectionand obligation between the child, parents and compadres.
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They stillmutualaffection, but many other factors such as boredom, and a mismatch here and there that make them continue to fight.
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There is nomutualaffection, communication, or concert between them.
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This balanced pursuit of love and learning has energised the various branches of the order into building communities founded onmutualaffectionand intellectual advancement.
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The two are forced to spend the night on the cliff face, and theirmutualaffectiondevelops.
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A pair will often be of the same gender, even though they are exhibiting signs ofmutualaffection.
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Acrobatic exhibition ofmutualaffectionbetween couples is also seen.
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Neither do their tender physical expressions ofmutualaffectionever transgress, in degree or nature, what would reasonably be considered age-appropriate.
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However, the initial differences gave way to joy andmutualaffectionbetween the two.
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The letters express a deepmutualaffectionbased on a rare affinity of spirit.
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A lot of them pointed out that in order for a marriage to be happy there should bemutualaffectionand respect between partners.
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Other definitions offered are peoples being self-evident (from ethnicity, language, history, etc.), or defined by ties ofmutualaffectionor sentiment, i.e. loyalty, or by mutual obligations among peoples.
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The question is the extent to which the kind of reciprocity possible in various relationships determines the kind ofmutualaffectionand benevolence possible in those relationships.
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