an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
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
synonymous: sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, carnal knowledge
a person related by blood or marriage
he has distant relations back in New Jersey
synonymous: relative
an act of narration
he was the hero according to his own relation
synonymous: telling, recounting
(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed
synonymous: relation back
(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups