an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the mans penis is inserted into the womans vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
[ Syn: sexual intercourse , intercourse , sex act , copulation , coitus , coition , sexual congress , congress , sexual relation , carnal knowledge ]
a person related by blood or marriage; police are searching for relatives of the deceased; he has distant relations back in New Jersey
[ Syn: relative ]
an act of narration; he was the hero according to his own relation; his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable
[ Syn: 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
[ Syn: relation back ]
(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups; international relations'