relationship

noun

1. a connection, association, or involvement.
2. connection between persons by blood or marriage.
3. an emotional or other connection between people: the relationship between teachers and students.
4. a sexual involvement; affair.

noun

1. the state of being connected or related
2. association by blood or marriage; kinship
3. the mutual dealings, connections, or feelings that exist between two parties, countries, people, etca business relationship
4. an emotional or sexual affair or liaison
5. logic maths another name for relation (def. 10)

n.

1640s, “sense or state of being related,” from relation + -ship. Specifically of romantic or sexual relationships by 1944.

n.

1. The condition or fact of being related; connection or association.
2. Connection by blood or marriage; kinship.