RELA'TION, noun [Latin relatio, refero.] 1. The act of telling; recital; account; narration; narrative of facts; as a historical relation We listened to the relation of his adventures. 2. Respect; reference; regard. I have been importuned to make some observations on this art, in relation to its agreement with poetry. 3. Connection between things; mutual respect, or what one thing is with regard to another; as the relation of a citizen to the state; the relation of a subject to the supreme authority; the relation of husband and wife, or of master and servant; the relation of a state of probation to a state of retribution. 4. Kindred; alliance; as the relation of parents and children. Relations dear, and all the charities of father, son and brother, first were known. 5. A person connected by consanguinity or affinity; a kinsman or kinswoman. He passed a month with his relations in the country. 6. Resemblance of phenomena; analogy. 7. In geometry, ratio; proportion.
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