1.  relationship(n = noun.linkdef) 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"
is a kind of relation
has particulars: partnership, personal relation, personal relationship
Derived forms noun relation₁, noun relation₃

2.  relationship(n = noun.state) - a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"
is a kind of state
has particulars: anaclisis, love affair, romance, sexual relationship
Derived forms noun relation₁, noun relation₃

3.  relationship(n = noun.state) - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries;
is a kind of state
has particulars: account, business relationship, acquaintance, acquaintanceship, affiliation, association, tie, tie-up, assimilation, friendly relationship, friendship, membership, subjection, subjugation
Derived form noun relation₆

4.  relationship(n = noun.linkdef) family relationship, kinship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption;
is a kind of relation
has particulars: affinity, phylogenetic relation, descent, filiation, line of descent, lineage, affinity, blood kinship, cognation, consanguinity, birth, parentage, fatherhood, paternity, maternity, motherhood, sisterhood, sistership, brotherhood, marital bed, marital relationship
Derived forms noun relation₁, noun relation₃

   The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason. [1913 Webster]

relationship, n.
1 the fact or state of being related.
2 colloq. a a connection or association (enjoyed a good working relationship). b an emotional (esp. sexual) association between two people.
3 a condition or character due to being related.
4 kinship.

N  relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern, cognation, correlation, analogy, similarity, affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association, approximation, filiation, interest, relevancy, dependency, relationship, relative position, comparison, ratio, proportion, link, tie, bond of union, relative, correlative, cognate, relating to, relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to, belonging to, appurtenant to, in common with, related, connected, implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to, en rapport, in touch with, approximative, approximating, proportional, proportionate, proportionable, allusive, comparable, in the same category, like, relevant, applicable, equiparant, relatively, pertinently, thereof, as to, as for, as respects, as regards, about, concerning, anent, relating to, as relates to, with relation, with reference to, with respect to, with regard to, in respect of, while speaking of, a propos of, in connection with, by the way, by the by, whereas, for as much as, in as much as, in point of, as far as, on the part of, on the score of, quoad hoc, pro re nata, under the head of, of, in the matter of, in re, thereby hangs a tale.

N  consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood, parentage, filiation, affiliation, lineage, agnation, connection, alliance, family connection, family tie, ties of blood, nepotism, kinsman, kinfolk, kith and kin, relation, relative, connection, sibling, sib, next of kin, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, cousin, cousin- german, first cousin, second cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, ear relation, distant relation, brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood, family, fraternity, brotherhood, sisterhood, cousinhood, race, stock, generation, sept, stirps, side, strain, breed, clan, tribe, nation, related, akin, consanguineous, of the blood, family, allied, collateral, cognate, agnate, connate, kindred, affiliated, fraternal, intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely related, distantly related, allied, german.

business relationship, family relationship, friendly relationship, human relationship, marital relationship, personal relationship, sexual relationship, spousal relationship