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kinship

/ˈkɪnʃɪp/ noun C1
  1. Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Relation or connection by nature or character. (countable, uncountable)

Plural kinships

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You can understand that our kinship makes it the more impossible for me to screen him in any way.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 81 · B2
Arthur discovered that the mathematical principles governing acoustic frequencies shared a remarkable kinship with the harmonious balance required in bridge construction.
The Resonance of the Crossing, p. 1 · C2

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