" relations "

[Noun]  | "re*la*tion" | \ ri-ˈlā-shən \

1: the act of telling or recounting : account

2: an aspect or quality (such as resemblance) that connects two or more things or parts as being or belonging or working together or as being of the same kind; specifically : a property (such as one expressed by is equal to, is less than, or is the brother of) that holds between an ordered pair of objects

3: the referring by a legal fiction of an act to a prior date as the time of its taking effect —usually used with back

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English relacion, from Anglo-French, from Latin relation-, relatio, from referre (past participle relatus) to carry back;

[Noun]  | "domestic relations court" 

1: court of domestic relations

Origin: circa 1939 ;

[Noun]  | "human relations" 

1: a study of human problems arising from organizational and interpersonal relations (as in industry)

2: a course, study, or program designed to develop better interpersonal and intergroup adjustments

Origin: 1946 ;

[Noun]  | "international relations" 

1: a branch of political science concerned with relations between nations and primarily with foreign policies

Origin: 1914 ;

[Noun]  | "public relations" 

1: the business of inducing the public to have understanding for and goodwill toward a person, firm, or institution; also : the degree of understanding and goodwill achieved

Origin: 1898 ;

[Noun]  | "labor relations" 

1: the way in which workers and managers of a company talk to, behave toward, and deal with each other

[Noun]  | "equivalence relation" 

1: a relation (such as equality) between elements of a set (such as the real numbers) that is symmetric, reflexive, and transitive and for any two elements either holds or does not hold

Origin: circa 1949 ;

[Noun phrase]  | "court of domestic relations" 

1: a court that has jurisdiction and often special advisory powers over family disputes involving the rights and duties of husband, wife, parent, or child especially in matters affecting the support, custody, and welfare of children

Origin: 1926 ;

[Plural noun]  | "industrial relations" 

1: the dealings or relationships of a usually large business or industrial enterprise with its own workers, with labor in general, with governmental agencies, or with the public

Origin: 1833 ;

[Plural noun]  | "sexual relations" 

1: sexual intercourse

Origin: 1890 ;

[Noun]  | "relations" 

[Noun]  | "relation" 

[Plural noun]  | "sexual relations"