1. relation - noun
· an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Hypernym(s): abstraction, abstract_entity
2. relation - noun
· sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
Synonym(s): sexual_intercourse, intercourse, sex_act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual_congress, sexual_relation, carnal_knowledge
Hypernym(s): sexual_activity, sexual_practice, sex, sex_activity
3. relation - noun
· a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
Synonym(s): relative
Hypernym(s): person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
4. relation - noun
· an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
Synonym(s): telling, recounting
Hypernym(s): narration, recital, yarn
5. relation - noun
· (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"
Synonym(s): relation_back
Hypernym(s): legal_principle, judicial_principle, judicial_doctrine
6. relation - noun
· (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups; "international relations"
Hypernym(s): dealings, traffic
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