All 8 Uses of

relative
in
One Hundred Years of Solitude

Although their marriage was predicted from the time they had come into the world, when they expressed their desire to be married their own relatives tried to stop it.†
Chpt 2 *

relatives = people related by blood or marriage

The names mentioned, as well as the signature on the letter, were perfectly legible, but neither Jose Arcadio, Buendia nor Ursula remembered having any relatives with those names, nor did they know anyone by the name of the sender of the letter, much less the remote village of Manaure.†
Chpt 3

The only relatives who knew about it were Jose Arcadio and Rebeca, with whom Arcadio maintained close relations at that time, based not so much on kinship as on complicity.†
Chpt 6

Aureliano Segundo, who saw the limitless prospect ofwild times offered by those mad relatives, decided that they should all stay and work for him.†
Chpt 11

4 was still going on, but the military denied it even to the relatives of the victims who crowded the commandant's offices in search of news.†
Chpt 15

Sitting on the bed, her hair covered with ashes and her face wrapped in a red kerchief, Ursula was happy in the midst of the unreal relatives whom the children described in all detail, as if they had really known them.†
Chpt 16

Since the death of her parents she had not had contact with anyone in town or received letters or messages, nor had she been heard to speak of any relatives.†
Chpt 18

The letter addressed to Jose Arcadio Buendia was written is very warm terms by someone who still loved him very much in spite of time and distance, and who felt obliged by a basic humanitarian feeling to do the charitable thing and send him that poor unsheltered orphan, who was a second cousin of Ursula's and consequently also a relative of Jose Arcadio Buendia, although farther removed, because she was the daughter of that unforgettable friend Nicanor Ulloa and his very worthy wife Rebeca Montiel, may God keep them in His holy kingdom, whose remains the girl was carrying so that they might be given Christian burial.†
Chpt 3 *

Definitions:

(1) (relative as in: the relative importance)
compared with something else (not an absolute value or not complete)
(2) (relative as in: they are relatives)
connected
in various senses, including:
- a person related by blood or marriage -- as in "The hospital won't let me visit her because I'm not a relative."
- a plant or animal related by origin or grouping -- "The closest relative of the dog is the gray wolf."
(3) (relative as in: questions relative to the topic)
related to
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

More specialized and less common senses of the word are found in philosophy, grammar, and music. Consult a comprehensive dictionary if you wish to see those. All senses have to do with relationships.