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personal relationship

DEFINITIONS OF: personal relationship

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n a relation between persons

Synonyms:
personal relation
Types:
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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
female bonding
the formation of a close personal relationship between women
male bonding
the formation of a close personal relationship between men
maternal-infant bonding
the attachment that forms between an infant and its mother beginning at birth
Type of:
human relationship, 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)
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