Definitions for the word "relation" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Reference; respect; regard.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
1 a the way in which one person or thing is related or connected to another. B connection, correspondence, contrast, or feeling prevailing between persons or things (bears no relation to the facts; enjoyed good relations for many years). 2 relative. 3 (in pl.) A (foll.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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