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   Re·la·tion

   /rəˈlāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected; a thing's effect on or relevance to another: "questions about the relation between writing and reality" Similar connectionrelationshipassociationlinkcorrelationcorrespondenceparalleltie-intie-upalliancebondinterrelationinterconnectioninterdependence ofrelevanceapplicabilityapplicationreferencepertinencebearing onregard
   • ▪ the way in which two or more people or groups feel about and behave toward each other: "the improvement in relations between the two countries" Similar dealingsassociationscommunicationrelationshipconnectionscontactinteractionintercourse
   • ▪ sexual intercourse: formal "we had stopped having relations of any kind" Similar sexsexual intercourseintercourselovemakingmaking lovesex actsexual/vaginal/anal penetrationmatinginformal:nookiebonkingrumpy pumpya bit of the otherhow's your fatherpata-patavulgar slang:screwingfuckingshaggingformal:coituscoitioncopulationarchaic:fornicationcarnal knowledgecongresscommerce
   • 2. a person who is connected by blood or marriage; a kinsman or kinswoman: "she was no relation at all, but he called her Aunt Nora" Similar relativemember of someone's/the familyone's (own) flesh and bloodnext of kinfamilykinkith and kinkindredformal:kinsmankinswoman
   • 3. the action of telling a story.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin relatio(n-), from referre ‘bring back’ (see relate).

   Scrabble Points: 8

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