Present participle of relate, noun_ The act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation

The manner in which two things may be associated, 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, Kindred, kin

Plural form of relation, mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

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), a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries, Connection or association; the condition of being related

Plural form of relationship

Relevant; pertinent; related, adjective Relevant; pertinent; related, Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute, noun_ A person related to another by heredity, adoption, or marriage, A species or other taxon that shares a common ancestor, usually a relatively recent ancestor, with another, a person related by blood or marriage

In a relative manner; in comparison with something else, Proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing, Somewhat

Plural form of relative

To relieve from tension or strain, To become less severe or strict, To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend, transitive verb_ To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open, Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert, To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient, verb_ become less tense, rest, or take one's ease, become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner, become loose or looser or less tight, adjective_ Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless

freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility), a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount, the act of making less strict