a relative
Examples
To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine, and a relative element which might be, either by turns or all at once, period, fashion, moral, passion.
The Infinite has to be a relative concept. Go any distance: an infinite space means that there is more to be explored.
Noise pollution is a relative thing. In a city it's a jet plane taking off. In a monastery it's a pen that scratches.
The death of not a relative is a wedding.Compared to a death of a relative.
A friend at hand is better than a relative at a distance.