relationships

'relationships'

[relationship.n.01] as in: a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)

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Examples:
the relationship between mothers and their children

'relationships'

[relationship.n.02] as in: a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)

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Examples:
he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship

'relationships'

[relationship.n.03] as in: a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

'relationships'

[kinship.n.02] as in: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption