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.

synoniem: human relationship.

Roget 9: relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern, cognation; correlation etc. 12; analogy; similarity etc. 17; affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association; approximation etc. (nearness) 197; filiation etc. (consanguinity) 11; interest; relevancy etc. 23; dependency, relationship, relative position.    comparison etc. 464; ratio, proportion.    link, tie, bond of union.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 11: consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood; parentage etc. (paternity) 166; filiation^†, affiliation; lineage, agnation^†, connection, alliance; family connection, family tie; ties of blood; nepotism.    kinsman, kinfolk; kith and kin; relation, relative; connection; sibling, sib; next of kin; uncle, aunt, nephew, niece; cousin, cousin-german^†; first cousin, second cousin; cousin once removed, cousin twice removed; etc. near relation, distant relation; brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood.    family, fraternity; brotherhood, sisterhood, cousinhood^†.    race, stock, generation; sept etc. 166; stirps, side; strain; breed, clan, tribe, nation.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: betrekking, relatie, verhouding

A state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection).

A state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries.

anthropology Relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption.

synoniemen: family relationship, kinship.

Nederlands: verwantschap, familieband