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Meaning of 'relation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Relation [ n.]
- The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.
- The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant.
- Reference; respect; regard.
- Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.
- A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.
- The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation.
- The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun.

Meaning of 'relation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . relation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a person related by blood or marriage
Example in sentence:
  • he has distant relations back in New Jersey;
  • police are searching for relatives of the deceased
Meaning (2):
- an act of narration
Example in sentence:
  • he was the hero according to his own relation;
  • his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable
Meaning (3):
- (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
Example in sentence:
  • his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed
Meaning (4):
- (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
Example in sentence:
  • international relations

Nearby Words:

relade relaid relais reland relapse relapsed relapser relapsing relate related

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