fondness (n.)
- admiration
- adoration
- affection
- agape
- ardor
- attachment
- charity
- credulity
- credulousness
- crush
- delicacy
- desire
- devotion
- dotage
- fancy
- fervor
- flame
- gentleness
- gust
- gusto
- heart
- idolatry
- idolization
- inclination
- infatuation
- lasciviousness
- libido
- like
- liking
- love
- lovemaking
- overcredulity
- partiality
- passion
- popularity
- predilection
- regard
- relish
- sentiment
- sex
- shine
- softheartedness
- softness
- taste
- tenderheartedness
- tenderness
- truelove
- trustfulness
- uxoriousness
- warmheartedness
- weakness
- worship
- yearning
Dear as the vital warmth that feeds my life;
Dear as these eyes, that weep in fondness o'er thee.
