relations
Dealings between parties
Relations are the connections between people, groups, or nations.
Diplomatic relations exist between countries; race relations concern how ethnic groups interact.
The state of relations can be good or strained: Relations between the two families had soured.
Relations also means relatives: She has relations in Ohio.
To have relations with someone is a formal or euphemistic way of saying to have sex.
Related people together
- relativesThose connected by blood
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- genealogyStudy of family descent
bloodline · heritage · clan · siblings · parents · children · cousins · grandparents
Harmonious mutual connection
- connectionA joining or relation
- bondBinding tie or connection
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- acquaintancePerson slightly known
camaraderie · solidarity · fellowship · trust · loyalty · understanding · empathy · sympathy
Binding pact between nations
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
envoy · consulate · bilateral · multilateral · statecraft · geopolitics · delegation · mediation
Love and its excitement
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- loveIntense fond attachment
- passionIntense emotional drive
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
devotion · commitment · attachment · companionship · dating · courtship · affair · fling
Works or serves purposes
- setsGrouped items together
- mappingsAssigned connections between elements
- equivalenceState of being equal
- reflexiveDirected back at subject
symmetric · transitive · binary · ordering · cardinality · domain · range · injection
family
Related people together
genealogy · bloodline · heritage · clan · siblings · parents · children · cousins · grandparents · ancestors
rapport
Harmonious mutual connection
- connectionA joining or relation
- bondBinding tie or connection
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
acquaintance · camaraderie · solidarity · fellowship · trust · loyalty · understanding · empathy · sympathy · harmony
treaty
Binding pact between nations
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
embassy · envoy · consulate · bilateral · multilateral · statecraft · geopolitics · delegation · mediation · peacekeeping
romance
Love and its excitement
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- loveIntense fond attachment
- passionIntense emotional drive
chemistry · devotion · commitment · attachment · companionship · dating · courtship · affair · fling · marriage
functions
Works or serves purposes
- setsGrouped items together
- mappingsAssigned connections between elements
- equivalenceState of being equal
reflexive · symmetric · transitive · binary · ordering · cardinality · domain · range · injection · tuple
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- intercoursecoitus, copulation, mating, lovemaking, consummation
- formal logicformula, postulate, quantifiers, axiom, variable
- AbhidharmaAbhidhamma Pitaka, Buddhaghosa, dharmas, triads, couplets
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- international ___trade, law, flights, borders, travel
relationsestrangement
Emotional separation between people
disconnection · isolation · alienation · separation · detachment
relationshostilities
Active armed fighting
conflict · war · antagonism · enmity · opposition
- interracial relationshipsRomance between different ethnicities
- in a relationshipCommitted to a partner
- public relationsOrganizational reputation management
- long-term relationshipExtended romantic commitment
- employee relationsWorkplace interpersonal management
- open relationshipConsensual romantic nonexclusivity
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