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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

relation go
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

relationship, kinship, family relationship go
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

descent, lineage, filiation, line of descent go
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

unilateral descent
line of descent traced through one side of the family

noun.relation

2 Subcategories

enation, cognation, matrilineage go
line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
patrilineage, agnation go
line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family