Noun

(en noun)

Connection or association; the condition of being related.

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Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.

A romantic or sexual involvement.

A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other

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(music) The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.

Noun

(en noun)

An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.

A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.

Love which is pure or beautiful.

A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.

A story or novel dealing with idealised love.

An embellished account of something; an idealised lie.

An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.

His life was a romance .

A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.

a girl full of romance

(music) A romanza, or sentimental ballad.