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kin

noun [plural]
 
 
/kɪn/

Definition

old-fashioned family and relationsFamily relations in general next of kin formal your closest relation or relations: We can't release his name until we have informed his next of kin.Family relations in general
(Definition of kin noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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