'ship

Noun

relationship (plural relationships)

1. A connection or association; the condition of being related.
   • Near-synonym: alliance

   Synonyms:

   alliance

2. The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.
   • Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023
3. Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
4. A romantic or sexual involvement.
   • They have been in a relationship for ten years, but have never married.
5. A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other.
   • Near-synonym: footing

   Synonyms:

   footing

6. The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.