Synonyms for relation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ri-ley-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈleɪ ʃən

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Définition of relation

Origin : late 14c., "connection, correspondence;" also "act of telling," from Anglo-French relacioun, Old French relacion "report, connection" (14c.), from Latin relationem (nominative relatio) "a bringing back, restoring; a report, proposition," from relatus (see relate). Meaning "person related by blood or marriage" first attested c.1500. Stand-alone phrase no relation "not in the same family" is attested by 1930.

noun connection, family connection

Example sentences :

Who would not be proud of such a relation as Miss Clarissa Harlowe?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Mr. Gladstone dwells much on the relation of Homer to Christianity.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

In relation to her and her people he seemed to himself a man of power and influence.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

To my mind the two have no more than the relation of the words of a song and the music of its setting.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

I revert, then, to my statement that God's relation to punishment is chiefly verbal.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Her one relation was a brother of high standing as a pickpocket.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

What is to be said about the relation of baptized children to the Church?
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

You have no other relation, and somebody must look after things here.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

We have already observed that the selection of this name was judicious in more than one relation.
Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh

I am not only a relation, but treated as a friend of the family.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

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