Eastern proposal engenders feeling (7)

I believe the answer is:

emotion

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'feeling' is the definition.
(I know that emotion is a type of feeling)

'eastern proposal' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'proposal' becomes 'motion' (proposal at a meeting).
'e'+'motion'='EMOTION'

'engenders' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for emotion that I've seen before include "reaction" , "eg Anger, fear, joy" , "A strong instinctive feeling" , "Strong feeling, love or jealousy" , "sense" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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