attachment

Plural: attachments

Noun

• a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
• a supplementary part or accessory
• a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
• a connection that fastens things together
• faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
  • "attachment to a formal agenda"
• the act of attaching or affixing something
• the act of fastening things together
• The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
• A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
• A dependence, especially a strong one.
• A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
• The means by which something is physically attached.
• A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
• Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
• The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.

Examples

• attachment of earnings
• I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!

Synonyms

adherence, adhesion, affixation, bond, fastening, fond regard