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How to spell relation

Relation is spelled R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N.

hear itre·la·tion/rɪ'leɪʃən/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A person connected by blood or marriage.

In a sentence: My cousin is a relation in my family.

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Same family: relating, related, relational, relationship. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Relation comes from Latin 'relatio', meaning 'a bringing back, report, or reference'. In legal English, this idea of 'referring back' turned into the technical doctrine where an act is treated as if it happened at an earlier time.

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