unconditional love
Affection without limits
Unconditional love is affection given freely without requirements or expectations—love that persists regardless of the recipient's behavior, flaws, or circumstances.
The concept appears most often in discussions of parental love or religious devotion: A mother's unconditional love for her child.
In practice, the phrase often describes an ideal rather than a reality, since most human love carries at least implicit conditions.
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- maternal instinctInborn drive to nurture
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- agapeMouth held wide
- compassionConcern for others' distress
mother's love · heart of gold · bonding · devotion · caregiving · grace · selflessness · forgiveness · acceptance · no strings attached · open arms · parental love · altruism · trust · safe space · companionship · true love · divine love
- family dynamicsfamily dynamics, family roles, family therapy, sibling rivalry, parenting
- Parenting Traitspatience, love, kindness, empathy, nurturing
- dog quotesman's best friend, loyal companion, dog loyalty, canine companion, four-legged friend
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- loveadoration, affection, amour, attraction, beloved
- supportsupport, emotional support, moral support, support group, stand by