relationship

Relationship has 4 syllables: re · la · tion · ship.

noun. (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption.

noun. A relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness).

noun. A state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries.

noun. A state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection).