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English to English noun
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an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together |  | source: wordnet30
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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a person related by blood or marriage | | Example: police are searching for relatives of the deceased
he has distant relations back in New Jersey
source: wordnet30
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an act of narration | | Example: he was the hero according to his own relation
his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable
source: wordnet30
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(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time | | Example: his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed
source: wordnet30
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(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups | | Example: international relations
source: wordnet30
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The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events. | | source: webster1913
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