Australian English Meaning of relation

relationship

Other Australian English words related to relationship

Definitions and Meaning of relation in English

Wordnet

relation (n)

an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur

a person related by blood or marriage

an act of narration

(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time

(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups

Webster

relation (n.)

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

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.

Reference; respect; regard.

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

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

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.

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

FAQs About the word relation

relationship

an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together, sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis

interaction,commerce,dealings,companionship,Interrelationship

No antonyms found.

relating => relating, relater => narrator, relatedness => Relatedness, related to => related to, related => related,