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Affinity

Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between.

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Attraction 76% connected

An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending…

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Kinship 76% connected

Family relationship.

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Relation 76% connected

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

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Relationship 76% connected

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

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Resemblance 76% connected

The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.

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Rapport 76% connected

Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord.

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Resonance 76% connected

The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.

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Sympathy 76% connected

Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if…

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Affine 74% connected

To refine.

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Affine 74% connected

To refine.

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Kinship 92% connected

Family relationship.

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Cognation 94% connected

Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.

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Cognation 94% connected

Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.

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