relationship
/rilˈeɪʃʌnʃɪp/
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Definitions
Noun
a relation between people; (`relationship'' is often used where `relation'' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment'', but the preferred usage of `relationship'' is for human relations or states of relatedness); "the relationship between mothers and their children"
Noun
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn''t want his wife to know of the relationship"
Noun
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
Noun
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
More Specific Terms
account
acquaintance
acquaintanceship
affiliation
affinity
anaclisis
assimilation
association
birth
blood kinship
brotherhood
business relationship
cognation
consanguinity
descent
fatherhood
filiation
friendly relationship
friendship
line of descent
lineage
love affair
marital bed
marital relationship
maternity
membership
motherhood
parentage
partnership
paternity
personal relation
personal relationship
phylogenetic relation
romance
sexual relationship
sisterhood
sistership
subjection
subjugation
tie
tie-up