fondness

Noun

• a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love

• a positive feeling of liking
  • he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
    
  • the child won everyone's heart
    
  • the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home
    

• a predisposition to like something
  • he had a fondness for whiskey
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  affectionateness , lovingness , warmth , affection , tenderness , heart , warmness , warmheartedness , philia , fancy , partiality