relation
noun
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an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
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(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups“international relations”
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the act of sexual procreation between a man and a womansexual intercourseintercoursesex actcopulationcoituscoitionsexual congresscongresssexual relationcarnal knowledge
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the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time“The attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed.”relation back
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an act of narration“They were the hero according to their own relation.”tellingrecounting
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a person related by blood or marriagerelative