Synonyms for Connection (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (the state of being connected):
link, connectedness
WordNet sense 2 (a connecting shape):
connexion
WordNet sense 3 (the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination):
association
WordNet sense 4 (an instrumentality that connects):
connecter, connective, connector
WordNet sense 5 (the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)):
joining
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