Relation

[rɪ'leɪʃ(ə)n] or [rɪ'leʃən]

Definition

(noun.) an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together.

(noun.) (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups; 'international relations'.

(noun.) an act of narration; 'he was the hero according to his own relation'; 'his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable'.

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Definition

(n.) The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

(n.) The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant.

(n.) Reference; respect; regard.

(n.) Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.

(n.) A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.

(n.) The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation.

(n.) The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Recital, narration, narrative, account, statement, story, history, chronicle, tale, description, detail, report.[2]. Connection, relationship, mutual dependence.[3]. Reference, respect, regard.[4]. Relationship, kindred, kin, consanguinity, filiation, family tie.[5]. Kinsman, relative, kinsfolk.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:reference, aspect, connection, narration, proportion, bearing, affinity,homogeneity, association, relevancy, pertinency, fitness, harmony, ratio,relative, agreement, kinsman, kindred, appurtenancy

ANT:Irrelation, disconnection, dissociation, irrelevancy, impertinency,disproportion, Disproportion, unfitness, unsuitableness, heterogeneity,disharmony, disagreement, alien

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