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relationships
noun(re-la-tion-ship)
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
Synonyms: family relationship, kinship,
relationships
noun(re-la-tion-ship)
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)
Synonyms: human relationship,
Examples:
The relationship between mothers and their children.
relationships
noun(re-la-tion-ship)
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
relationships
noun(re-la-tion-ship)
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
Examples:
He didn't want his wife to know of the relationship.

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