relation meaning and definition

RELATION noun

Definition of relation (noun)

1. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
2. the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
   • synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, congress, copulation, intercourse, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation
3. a person related by blood or marriage
   • "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
   • synonyms: relative
4. an act of narration
   • "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
   • synonyms: recounting, telling
5. (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
   • "his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed"
   • synonyms: relation back
6. (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
   • "international relations"