emotional bond
Deep personal attachment
An emotional bond is a feeling of connection and attachment between people, built through shared experience, trust, or affection.
The term appears in psychology and everyday speech alike: The emotional bond between mother and infant forms in the first months of life.
Bonds can strengthen or weaken over time, and their loss is often described as painful.
- group cohesionTeam members' mutual bond
- loveIntense fond attachment
- unconditional loveAffection given freely, always
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- deep connectionMeaningful emotional closeness
intimacy · oxytocin · trust · trusted confidant · closeness · heart to heart · partnership · heartstrings · separation anxiety · empathy · companionship · inner circle · attachment · safe haven · comfort · devotion · social support · affection
- loveadoration, affection, amour, attraction, beloved
- bondscorporate bonds, municipal bonds, treasury bonds, savings bonds, junk bonds
- empathyempathy, sympathy, compassion, kindness, understanding
- attachmentsecure attachment, attachment style, attachment styles, attachment theory, secure base
- long-distance lovelong distance, LDR, love letters, video calls, phone calls
- Romance Filmsromantic comedy, romantic drama, rom-com, romcom, love story
emotional bondemotional detachment
Withdrawal from feelings
estrangement · alienation · disconnection · emotional distance · indifference
emotional bondlegal obligation
Duty enforced by law
formal agreement · contract · contractual obligation · marriage of convenience · quid pro quo