·noun That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
II. Connection ·noun The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.
III. Connection ·noun The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.
IV. Connection ·noun A relation; ·esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood;
— used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.