Sell also: kinship
• Noun: 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); example: "the relationship between mothers and their children"
• Noun: a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); example: "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"
• Noun: a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
• Noun: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption