1. A positive feeling of liking or friendship
   "he had trouble expressing the fondness he felt";
   - affection, affectionateness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
    
2. A predisposition to like something
   "he had a fondness for whiskey";
   - fancy, partiality
    
3. A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
   "He spoke of his grandparents with great fondness";
   - affectionateness, lovingness, warmth

Type of: emotionalism, emotionality, feeling, liking

Encyclopedia: Fondness