Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kinship"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kinship \Kin"ship\, n.
Family relationship.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
kinship
n 1: a close connection marked by community of interests or
similarity in nature or character: "found a natural
affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with
the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the
humanities" [syn: {affinity}]
2: state of relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or
adoption [syn: {family relationship}, {relationship}]
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