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English to English noun
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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) |  | Example: the relationship between mothers and their children
source: wordnet30
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a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection) | | Example: he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship
source: wordnet30
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a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries | | source: wordnet30
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(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | | source: wordnet30
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The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. | | source: webster1913
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