relation

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

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

a person related by blood or marriage

• “police are searching for relatives of the deceased”
• “he has distant relations back in New Jersey”

an act of narration

• “he was the hero according to his own relation”
• “his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable”

(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 ammended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed”

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

• “international relations”