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human relationship

DEFINITIONS OF: human relationship

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n 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)

Synonyms:
relationship
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partnership
a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
personal relation, personal relationship
a relation between persons
bonding
a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child)
indebtedness, obligation
a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
Type of:
relation
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
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