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Relation

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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Broader term 11

Abstraction 76% connected

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

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Individual 76% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Mortal 76% connected

Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

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Narration 76% connected

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

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Person 76% connected

A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represe…

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Recital 76% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

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Sex 76% connected

The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of prope…

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Somebody 76% connected

A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.

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Soul 76% connected

Sole.

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Traffic 76% connected

To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.

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Yarn 76% connected

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting,…

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Affinity 76% connected

Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradist…

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Agnate 76% connected

Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.

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Ancestor 76% connected

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.

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Antecedent 76% connected

Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

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Ascendant 76% connected

Ascent; height; elevation.

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Ascendent 76% connected

Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.

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Ass 76% connected

A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is pat…

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Association 76% connected

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

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Causality 76% connected

The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Cognate 76% connected

Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.

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Comparison 76% connected

The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.

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Component 76% connected

Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connexion 76% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Constituent 76% connected

Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Cousin 76% connected

One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.

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Cousin-german 76% connected

A first cousin. See Note under Cousin, 1.

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Cuckolding 76% connected

of Cuckold

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Defloration 76% connected

The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin.

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Descendant 76% connected

Descendent.

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Descendent 76% connected

Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.

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Enate 76% connected

Growing out.

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Family 76% connected

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as…

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Foundation 76% connected

The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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Function 76% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Interrelation 76% connected

Mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation.

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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kin 76% connected

A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

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Kinship 76% connected

Family relationship.

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Kinsman 76% connected

A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.

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Kinswoman 76% connected

A female relative.

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Mate 76% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

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Offspring 76% connected

The act of production; generation.

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Oppositeness 76% connected

The quality or state of being opposite.

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Opposition 76% connected

The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

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Ownership 76% connected

The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Partner 76% connected

One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b)…

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Penetration 76% connected

The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Possession 76% connected

The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

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Progeny 76% connected

Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage.

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Reciprocality 76% connected

The quality or condition of being reciprocal; reciprocalness.

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Reciprocity 76% connected

Mutual action and reaction.

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Relationship 76% connected

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

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Root 76% connected

To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.

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Screw 76% connected

A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…

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Screwing 76% connected

of Screw

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Shag 76% connected

Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.

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Sib 76% connected

A blood relation.

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Spouse 76% connected

A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife.

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Recount 74% connected

To count or reckon again.

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Recount 74% connected

To count or reckon again.

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Relate 74% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Relate 74% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Relationship 74% connected

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

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Relationship 74% connected

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

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Containing group 4

Clan 70% connected

A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan…

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kin 70% connected

A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

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Kindred 70% connected

Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.

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Tribe 70% connected

A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, desc…

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Coition 92% connected

A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation.

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Copulation 92% connected

The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.

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Intercourse 92% connected

A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communica…

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Relative 92% connected

Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.

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Telling 92% connected

of Tell

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