nnoun.relationa 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)Synset:human relationship
Examples:- the relationship between mothers and their children
Derivationally Related Form:relation
Hypernyms:relation
Inherited Hypernyms:relationshiprelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:partnershippersonal relationpersonal relationship
Full Hyponyms:bondingfemale bondingmale bondingmaternal-infant bondingobligationpartnershippersonal relation
nnoun.statea state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)Examples:- he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship
Derivationally Related Form:relation
Hypernyms:state
Inherited Hypernyms:relationshipstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:anaclisislove affairromancesexual relationship
Full Hyponyms:affairanaclisisintriguelove affairsexual relationship
nnoun.statea state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countriesDerivationally Related Form:relation
Hypernyms:state
Inherited Hypernyms:relationshipstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:accountacquaintanceacquaintanceshipaffiliationassimilationassociationbusiness relationshipfriendly relationshipfriendshipmembershipsubjectionsubjugationtietie-up
Full Hyponyms:accountacquaintanceaffiliationassimilationbank accountblood brotherhoodbondagebonded laborbrokerage accountcagecaptivitycash accountchecking accountcompanyconfidenceconfinementconstraintcustodial accountdetentiondormant accountduranceenslavementfreemasonryfriendshipgiro accountinternmentiron cagelife imprisonmentmargin accountmembershipoppressionpassbook savings accountpeonagerepressionsavings accountserfdomservitudeshort accountsolitary confinementsubjugationtime deposit accountvilleinageyoke
nnoun.relation(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoptionTopic:anthropology
Synset:family relationship kinship
Derivationally Related Form:kinrelation
Hypernyms:relation
Inherited Hypernyms:kinshiprelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:affinitybirthblood kinshipbrotherhoodcognationconsanguinitydescentfatherhoodfiliationline of descentlineagemarital bedmarital relationshipmaternitymotherhoodparentagepaternityphylogenetic relationsisterhoodsistership
Full Hyponyms:affinitybilateral descentbrotherhoodconsanguinitydescentfatherhoodmarital relationshipmatrilineagemotherhoodparentagepatrilineagesisterhoodsteprelationshipunilateral descent