1.Definition: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

Related Noun(s):kinship

Category: General

2.Definition: 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"

Category: General

3.Definition: a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

Category: General

4.Definition: a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)

"He didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"

Category: General