A covalent bond is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms. These electron pairs are known as shared pairs or bonding pairs. The stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms, when they share electrons, is known as covalent bonding. For many molecules, the sharing of electrons allows each atom to attain the equivalent of a full valence shell, corresponding to a stable electronic configuration. In organic chemistry, covalent bonding is much more common than ionic bonding.

सहसंयोजी आबंध वह रासायनिक आबंध है जिसमें परमाणुओं के बीच एलेक्ट्रान-युग्मों का सहभाजन (शेयरिंग) होता है। सहसंयोजी आबंधन में अनेक प्रकार की पारस्परिक क्रियाएँ (interaction) होते हैं जिनमें से σ-आबन्धन, π-आबन्धन, धातु-धातु आबन्धन आदि प्रमुख हैं।