family bonds
Ties between kin
Family bonds are the emotional ties connecting relatives—the attachments formed through blood, marriage, or adoption that create loyalty and obligation.
The phrase emphasizes durability: bonds suggest something that holds fast.
The family bonds forged in childhood sustained her through difficult years.
Family bonds can be strong or strained, but the term typically appears when affirming their importance or lamenting their absence.
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- blood tiesFamilial relationships through ancestry
- loveIntense fond attachment
- kinshipState of being related
- trustConfidence in another
affection · nurturing · tradition · Sunday dinners · lineage · legacy · forgiveness · caregiving · ancestry · protection · generational wisdom · resilience · quality time · friendship · sacrifice · siblinghood · nostalgia · parentage
- bondsbond, corporate bond, government bond, municipal bond, treasury bond
- Family Quotesparental love, sibling love
- Social Belongingfriendship, inclusion, exclusion, peer groups, acceptance
- Clan & Kinshipkinship, lineage, ancestry, bloodlines, blood ties
- Kazakh Culturenomadic culture, hospitality customs, koumiss, horse games, horsemanship
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
family bondsestrangement
Emotional separation between people
social isolation · alienation · disconnection · abandonment · disownment
family bondsindependence
Freedom from external control
personal freedom · autonomy · self-determination · liberation · emancipation
family bondsfriendships
Voluntary affectionate relationships
chosen family · acquaintanceships · acquaintanceship · community ties · found family