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 Relation \Re*la"tion\ (r?-l?"sh?n), n. [F. relation, L. relatio.
   See {Relate}.]
   1. 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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            ??????oet's relation doth well figure them. --Bacon.
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   2. The state of being related or of referring; what is
      apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by
      considering it in its bearing upon something else;
      relative quality or condition; the being such and such
      with regard or respect to some other thing; connection;
      as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation
      of master to servant.
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            Any sort of connection which is perceived or
            imagined between two or more things, or any
            comparison which is made by the mind, is a relation.
                                                  --I. Taylor.
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   3. Reference; respect; regard.
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            I have been importuned to make some observations on
            this art in relation to its agreement with poetry.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   4. Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship;
      relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.
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            Relations dear, and all the charities
            Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
                                                  --Milton.
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   5. A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a
      relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.
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            For me . . . my relation does not care a rush. --Ld.
                                                  Lytton.
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   6. (Law)
      (a) The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to,
          an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time,
          by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun
          at that time. In such case the act is said to take
          effect by relation.
      (b) The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is
          begun. --Wharton. Burrill.
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   Syn: Recital; rehearsal; narration; account; narrative; tale;
        detail; description; kindred; kinship; consanguinity;
        affinity; kinsman; kinswoman.
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