relationship

n. emotional connection that exists between two people; connection, association; closeness, kinship

A relationship is a specific connection between objects, entities or concepts. Typical forms of relationship are social relationships between people, causal relationships between events, and mathematical or theoretical relationships between components of a modelled system.Various terms built upon the basic concept of relationship are used in different fields.Relationship may refer to:Interpersonal relationship and intimate relationship, including relationships based on Romantic loveList of basic relationship topicsRelation (mathematics), including:Direct relationshipInverse relationshipCausality, the relationship between cause and effectRelational model, a database model based on predicate logic and set theoryIn business, customer relationship management, the management of the relationship between a supplier and its customers.
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Noun
1. 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); "the relationship between mothers and their children"
(synonym) human relationship
(hypernym) relation
(hyponym) personal relation, personal relationship
2. a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"
(hypernym) state
(hyponym) anaclisis
3. a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
(hypernym) state
(hyponym) account, business relationship
4. state of relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
(synonym) kinship, family relationship
(hypernym) relation
(hyponym) affinity, phylogenetic relation

(n.)
The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.
  

flesh; relationship