relationship
1. [ noun ] (sociology) a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve (as in "the relationship between inflation and unemployment")) preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations
Synonyms: human_relationship
Examples:

"the relationship between mothers and children"

Related terms: relation personal_relation
2. [ noun ] a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
Examples:

"he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"

Related terms: state sexual_relationship love_affair anaclisis
3. [ noun ] a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
Related terms: state account affiliation membership friendship subjugation acquaintance assimilation
4. [ noun ] state of relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
Synonyms: kinship family_relationship
Related terms: relation brotherhood motherhood consanguinity affinity parentage fatherhood sisterhood descent marital_bed affinity
Similar spelling:   relations
  relational
  relation_to
  relation_back
  real_thing