Trapped at Berkeley

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Question: If you were forbidden from using the word “love” and its close synonyms (amour, “really like”, etc.) to describe that feeling, which word would you choose?

For once, I have no answer. Being involved in a relatively long-term relationship and having had a few close friendships, I find it hard to choose a single word to characterize everything that “love” has meant to me. Every word that comes to mind just doesn’t do “love” justice. A certain someone is going to flame me for my lack of a response, but, oh well.