Dictionary Check: relation
"relation" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
noun
sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
noun
a person related by blood or marriage
Example:
"police are searching for relatives of the deceased"
noun
an act of narration
Example:
"he was the hero according to his own relation"
noun
(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"
noun
(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
Example:
"international relations"
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