relationship

relationship
   an extramarital sexual involvement with another
   In fact, we have a relationship with everyone we meet, as buyer or seller, friend or enemy:
    For just over three months Jeanie has had a relationship with a Russian. (Allbeury, 1982)
   Often with adjectival embellishment such as close, long-term, special, or as the case may be.

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