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relationship
CIDE DICTIONARY
relationship, n.
The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
relationship, n.
1 the fact or state of being related.
2 colloq. a a connection or association (enjoyed a good working relationship). b an emotional (esp. sexual) association between two people.
3 a condition or character due to being related.
4 kinship.
1 the fact or state of being related.
2 colloq. a a connection or association (enjoyed a good working relationship). b an emotional (esp. sexual) association between two people.
3 a condition or character due to being related.
4 kinship.
THESAURUS
relationship
accord, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agnation, alliance, ancestry, approximation, assemblage, association, blood, blood relationship, bond, brotherhood, brothership, closeness, cognation, combination, common ancestry, common descent, connectedness, connection, consanguinity, contiguity, contrariety, cousinhood, cousinship, dealings, deduction, disjunction, enation, fatherhood, filiation, fraternity, homology, intercourse, intimacy, junction, kindred, kinship, liaison, link, linkage, linking, maternity, matrilineage, matriliny, matrisib, matrocliny, motherhood, mutual attraction, nearness, paternity, patrilineage, patriliny, patrisib, patrocliny, propinquity, proximity, rapport, relatedness, relation, relations, sibship, similarity, sisterhood, sistership, sympathy, tie, tie-in, ties of blood, unionROGET THESAURUS
relationship
Relation
N relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern, cognation, correlation, analogy, similarity, affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association, approximation, filiation, interest, relevancy, dependency, relationship, relative position, comparison, ratio, proportion, link, tie, bond of union, relative, correlative, cognate, relating to, relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to, belonging to, appurtenant to, in common with, related, connected, implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to, en rapport, in touch with, approximative, approximating, proportional, proportionate, proportionable, allusive, comparable, in the same category, like, relevant, applicable, equiparant, relatively, pertinently, thereof, as to, as for, as respects, as regards, about, concerning, anent, relating to, as relates to, with relation, with reference to, with respect to, with regard to, in respect of, while speaking of, a propos of, in connection with, by the way, by the by, whereas, for as much as, in as much as, in point of, as far as, on the part of, on the score of, quoad hoc, pro re nata, under the head of, of, in the matter of, in re, thereby hangs a tale.Consanguinity
N consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood, parentage, filiation, affiliation, lineage, agnation, connection, alliance, family connection, family tie, ties of blood, nepotism, kinsman, kinfolk, kith and kin, relation, relative, connection, sibling, sib, next of kin, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, cousin, cousin- german, first cousin, second cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, ear relation, distant relation, brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood, family, fraternity, brotherhood, sisterhood, cousinhood, race, stock, generation, sept, stirps, side, strain, breed, clan, tribe, nation, related, akin, consanguineous, of the blood, family, allied, collateral, cognate, agnate, connate, kindred, affiliated, fraternal, intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely related, distantly related, allied, german.For further exploring for "relationship" in Webster Dictionary Online