relation (
http://definr.com/relation)
n 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 [syn: {sexual
intercourse},
intercourse,
sex act,
copulation,
coitus,
coition,
sexual congress,
congress, {sexual
relation},
carnal knowledge]
3: a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching
for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations
back in New Jersey" [syn:
relative]
4: an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own
relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident
eventually became unbearable" [syn:
telling,
recounting]
5: (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among
persons or groups: "international relations"