Definition of relation

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• relation is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• relation is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• relation is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of relation

• (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time (noun)

  Examples

  1. his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed

  Synonyms

  1. relation back
• sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. carnal knowledge
  2. coition
  3. coitus
  4. copulation
  5. intercourse
  6. sex act
  7. sexual congress
  8. sexual intercourse
  9. sexual relation
• a person related by blood or marriage (noun)

  Examples

  1. he has distant relations back in New Jersey

  Synonyms

  1. relative
• an act of narration (noun)

  Examples

  1. he was the hero according to his own relation

  Synonyms

  1. recounting
  2. telling
• an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together (noun)
• (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups (noun)

  Examples

  1. international relations

See definition of relation in Merriam Webster