The United States Declaration of Independence inspired many other similar documents in other countries, with its ideas gaining adherence in the Low Countries, as well as in the Caribbean, Spanish America, the Balkans, West Africa, and Central Europe in the decades up to 1848.
RELATIVE. One connected with another by blood or affinity; a relation, a kinsman or kinswoman. In an adjective sense, having relation or connexion with some other person or thing; as relative rights, relative powers. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
The concept of relative is used in health care industry, as well. There is a relative risk that a person has to develop a disease or ailment in future. Relative risk is a concept where people are divided into groups based upon their habits and lifestyles. For example, smokers and non-smokers are two distinct groups that have different relative risks to heart diseases.