What is the meaning of attachment?

A feeling of affection for a person or an institution.
- synonyms: fond regard
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.
- synonyms: bond
Faithful support for a cause or political party or religion.
- usage: "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive"
- synonyms: adherence, adhesion
The act of attaching or affixing something.
- synonyms: affixation
The act of fastening things together.
- synonyms: fastening

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