Attachment
Attachment is the positive emotional bond that develops between a child and a particular individual.
Attachment is an emotional bond with another person that is usually powerful and long-lasting. Used especially about the relationship between infant and mother.
Webster Dictionary Meaning
1. Attachment
- The act attaching, or state of being attached; close
adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that
binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.- That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.
- Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.).
- A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.
- The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.
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