Antonyms for relations
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-ley-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈleɪ ʃən |
Definition of relations
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
- It would have interfered with her relations with Austin, which were beginning to be exciting.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Yet is incensed against her for preferring her own relations to him.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Besides, he did not care to establish any relations with the people in the house.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He also put his own son Crispus to death, and other relations as well.
- Extract from : « The Non-Christian Cross » by John Denham Parsons
- Byron was a symbolic figure, but his relations were to the passion of his age and its weariness of passion.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- By golly, he's callin' all his wife's relations t' come an' help 'em out.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- A certain ease had crept into their relations: a guard had been lowered.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- He had no other relations, and his fortune was completely at his own disposal.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Murderers had friends, relations, helpers—they had knowledge.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- He had some relations who were farmers, whom he often visited; to them he was probably gone.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Synonyms for relations
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