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noun : RELATION
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together ;
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2. (
- sexual_intercourse ,
- intercourse ,
- sex_act ,
- copulation ,
- coitus ,
- coition ,
- sexual_congress ,
- sexual_relation ,
- relation ,
- carnal_knowledge
) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur ;
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3. (
) a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" ;
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4. (
) an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable" ;
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5. (
) (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" ;
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6. (
) (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups; "international relations" ;
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