Romance is a general term that refers to the attempt to express love with words or deeds. It also refers to feelings of excitement associated with love. In the context of romantic love relationships, romance usually implies an expression of one's love, or one's deep emotional desires to connect with another person. This is especially apparent in platonic love where sexual drive is sublimated into an artful expression of desire.

Historically, the term "romance" originates with the medieval ideal of chivalry as set out in its Romance literature