Relation :: Relation (n.) 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..

Relation :: Relation (n.) The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun.

Relational :: Relational (a.) Having relation or kindred; related.

Relational :: Relational (a.) Indicating or specifying some relation.

Relationist :: Relationist (n.) A relative; a relation.

Relationship :: Relationship (n.) The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance..

Relative :: Relative (a.) Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject..

Relative :: Relative (a.) Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute..

Relative :: Relative (a.) Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun..

Relative :: Relative (a.) Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other..

Relative :: Relative (n.) One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation..

Relative :: Relative (n.) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman..

Relative :: Relative (n.) A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives who, which, that..

Relatively :: Relatively (adv.) In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.

Relativeness :: Relativeness (n.) The state of being relative, or having relation; relativity..

Relativity :: Relativity (n.) The state of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject..

Relator :: Relator (n.) One who relates; a relater.

Relator :: Relator (n.) A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed..

Relatrix :: Relatrix (n.) A female relator.

Relax :: Relax (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews..

Relax :: Relax (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors..

Relax :: Relax (n.) Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind..

Relax :: Relax (n.) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels..

Relax :: Relax (v. i.) To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax..

Relax :: Relax (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.

Relax :: Relax (v. i.) To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study..

Relax :: Relax (n.) Relaxation.

Relax :: Relax (a.) Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless..

Relaxable :: Relaxable (a.) Capable of being relaxed.

Relaxant :: Relaxant (n.) A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.

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