preferential love, n.Definitions

Preferential love (n.) hides ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a prodigious wilfulness in its prodigious devotion: its sole object was found not by obedience but by choosing.