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Relation
- noun - (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time; "his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed"
- (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups; "international relations"
- a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
- an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
- an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
- the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
Relative
- adjective - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
- an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
- estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger"
- properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"
Remittal
- noun - a payment of money sent to a person in another place
- an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
- In English law, transfer of a case from one court to another jurisdiction, esp. from an appeal court to an inferior court.
- the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
Remitted
- verb - diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"
- forgive; "God will remit their sins"
- hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
- make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
- refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
- release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The taxes were remitted"
- send (money) in payment; "remit $25"
Remittee
- - One to whom a remittance is sent.
Remitter
- - One who remits. Specifically: (a) One who pardons. (b) One who makes remittance.
Remittor
- - One who makes a remittance; a remitter.
Remotely
- adverb - in a remote manner; "when the measured speech of the chorus passes over into song the tones are, remotely but unmistakably, those taught by the orthodox liturgy"
- to a remote degree; "it is remotely possible"
Remotest
- unknown - The most remote, furtherest away.