relationship, human relationship -- (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")
relationship -- (a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship")
relationship -- (a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries)
kinship, family relationship, relationship -- ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)