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PERSONAL RELATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A relation between persons
Synonyms:
personal relation; personal relationship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("personal relation" is a kind 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))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "personal relation"):
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)
