relationship; human relationship




a 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)

"the relationship between mothers and their children"

Type of:
  • relation

Types:
  • partnership
  • personal relation; personal relationship


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