true love

Meanings

1. Faithful love.
2. Feelings of love that are adhered to faithfully, or the faithful manifestation of such feelings.
3. A lover who is faithful to the object of his or her affection or faithfully loved themselves.
4. Love that is in some sense purer or more unique than ordinary love.
5. The form of romantic affection that is considered pure and wholly positive, not just based on feelings of lust and sex.
6. The unique individual for whom one feels such affection.
7. The situation in which a couple is perfectly compatible and there is no better relationship, as set by a greater force such as God or fate.
8. A thing for which a person feels an intense love.

Etymology

From Middle English trewe love, from Old English trēowlufu.