relation

noun

1. 1

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

2. 2

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

   international relations

3. 3

   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

4. 4

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

   his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed

5. 5

   an act of narration

   he was the hero according to his own relation

   his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable

6. 6

   a person related by blood or marriage

   police are searching for relatives of the deceased

   he has distant relations back in New Jersey