- 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"
--1 is a kind of relation
--1 has particulars: personal relation, personal relationship - relationship - a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"
--2 is a kind of state
--2 has particulars: anaclisis; love affair, romance; sexual relationship- relationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
--3 is a kind of state
--3 has particulars:account, business relationship; acquaintance, acquaintanceship; affiliation, association, tie, tie-up; assimilation; friendship, friendly relationship; membership; subjugation, subjection - kinship, family relationship, relationship - state of relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
--4 is a kind of relation
--4 has particulars: - relationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries