Relation - Definition
relation
n 1: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two
entities or parts together
2: 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 [syn: sexual
intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation,
coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual
relation, relation, carnal knowledge]
3: a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching
for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations
back in New Jersey" [syn: relative, relation]
4: an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own
relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually
became unbearable" [syn: relation, telling, recounting]
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" [syn:
relation back, relation]
6: (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons
or groups; "international relations"