Relationship
Relationship noun - The state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters).
Usage example: the street's shopkeepers have a good business relationship
Separation
Separation noun - The act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces.
Relationship is an antonym for separation.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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One Degree of Separation Every character has a direct connection or relationship with every other character.
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It is also mentioned outright by one of Emma's friends in the gallery who compares her paintings that she did during her relationship with Adèle and years after their separation.
Source: Film / Blue Is the Warmest Color -
Haruka alludes that Watarai was unable to get over the Lycoris incident and it prevented their relationship from progressing, culminating in a separation.
Source: Light Novel / .hack//AI Buster
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