- relation
- relation [ri lā′shən]n.[ME relacion < MFr or L: MFr relation < L relatio: see RELATE]1. a narrating, recounting, or telling2. what is narrated or told; account; recital3. connection or manner of being connected or related, as in thought, meaning, etc.4. connection of persons by blood, marriage, etc.; kinship5. a person connected with another or others by blood, marriage, etc.; member of the same family; relative6. [pl.]a) the connections or dealings between or among persons in business or private affairsb) sexual intercoursec) the connections or dealings between or among groups, peoples, nations, states, etc. [foreign and trade relations]7. Lawa) the statement of a relator at whose complaint an action is begunb) the referring of an act or proceeding to a time before its completion or enactment, as the time of its taking effect——————in relation to or with relation toconcerning; regarding; with reference to
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.