Relation — synonyms, definition

1. relation (Noun)

account affinity alliance anecdote appropriateness association attraction bearing bond carnal knowledge chronicle coition coitus collation combination community composition concern congress connection • • •

relation (Noun) — An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together.

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.

relation (Noun) — A person related by blood or marriage. ex. "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"

relation (Noun) — An act of narration. ex. "he was the hero according to his own relation"

relation (Noun) — (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time. ex. "his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed"

relation (Noun) — (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups. ex. "international relations"

abstract entity abstraction dealings individual judicial doctrine judicial principle legal principle mortal narration person recital sex sex activity sexual activity sexual practice somebody someone soul traffic yarn affinity agnate ancestor antecedent ascendant ascendent ass association better half blood relation blood relative boff business relation causality change cognate comparison component component part connectedness • • • insemination clan kin kin group kindred kinship group tribe