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Quick definitions from WordNet (relation)
▸ noun: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
▸ noun: (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups ("International relations")
▸ noun: an act of narration ("He was the hero according to his own relation")
▸ noun: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
▸ noun: (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time ("His attorney argued for the relation back of the ammended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed")
▸ noun: a person related by blood or marriage ("He has distant relations back in New Jersey")
▸ Also see relations
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▸ noun: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
▸ noun: (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups ("International relations")
▸ noun: an act of narration ("He was the hero according to his own relation")
▸ noun: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
▸ noun: (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time ("His attorney argued for the relation back of the ammended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed")
▸ noun: a person related by blood or marriage ("He has distant relations back in New Jersey")
▸ Also see relations
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to relation
▸ Usage examples for relation
▸ Idioms related to relation (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing relation
▸ Words that often appear near relation
▸ Rhymes of relation
▸ Invented words related to relation