relationship

Noun (4)relationships

1. 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)“the relationship between mothers and their children”Synonyms: human relationshipType of relationKinds partnership, personal relation, bromance
2. a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)“he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship”Type of stateKinds sexual relationship, love affair, anaclisis
3. a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countriesType of stateKinds membership, affiliation, account, friendship, subjugation, acquaintance, assimilation
4. (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoptionSynonyms: kinshipfamily relationshipType of relationKinds brotherhood, fatherhood, affinity, consanguinity, marital relationship, sisterhood, parentage, descent, motherhood