Re*lat"ed*ness, n. The state or condition of being related;
relationship; affinity. [R.] Emerson.
Re*lat"er (-?r), n. One who relates or narrates.
Re*la"tion (r?-l?"sh?n), n. [F. relation, L. relatio. See Relate.] 1.
The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital;
account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.
&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;oet's relation doth well figure them.
Bacon.
2. The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as
appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing
upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and
such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the
relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant.
Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two
or more things, or any comparison which is made by the mind, is a
relation.