Kinship

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  • noun. Connection by heredity, marriage, or adoption; family relationship.
  • noun. Relationship by nature or character; affinity.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Relationship; consanguinity; generic affinity.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Family relationship.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
  • noun. relation or connection by nature or character
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
  • noun. (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
  • Word Usage
    ""I think all guitarists feel a certain kinship," he says, "but they're also a very odd breed.""
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