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Noun: attachment  u'tach-munt
  1. A feeling of affection for a person or an institution
    - fond regard
     
  2. A supplementary part or accessory
     
  3. (law) a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
     
  4. A connection that fastens things together
    - bond
     
  5. Faithfully following a program, regime, party or religion
    "attachment to a formal agenda";
    - adherence, adhesion
     
  6. The act of attaching or affixing something
    - affixation
     
  7. The act of fastening things together
    - fastening

Derived forms: attachments

Type of: addition, add-on, affection, affectionateness, combination, combining, compounding, connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion [Brit], fondness, heart, improver, joining, judicial writ, philia, support, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness, writ

Encyclopedia: Attachment