Definition of relationship

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Definition of relationship

  • (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. family relationship
    2. kinship
  • a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness) (noun)

    Examples

    1. the relationship between mothers and their children

    Synonyms

    1. human relationship
  • a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries (noun)
  • a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection) (noun)

    Examples

    1. he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship

See definition of relationship in Merriam Webster