n. 25B6; noun
the relationship between diet and diabetes : CONNECTION, relation, association, link, correlation, correspondence, parallel, alliance, bond, interrelation, interconnection.
evidence of their relationship to a common ancestor : FAMILY TIES/CONNECTIONS, blood relationship, kinship, affinity, consanguinity, common ancestry/lineage.
the end of their relationship : ROMANCE, (love) affair, love, liaison, amour.