Meaning of आसक्ति in English

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.
The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification.
Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory.
To grant an indulgence to.
The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.