(n.) The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.

accord addition adjacency adjunct affairs affiliation affinity alliance approach approximation assemblage association bond closeness combination confines connectedness connection contiguity contiguousness contrariety convergence dealings deduction disjunction environs filiation foreground homology immediacy immediate foreground intercourse intimacy junction juxtaposition liaison link linkage linking mutual attraction nearness neighborhood nighness precinct propinquity purlieus rapport relatedness relation relations relationship similarity sympathy tie tie-in togetherness union vicinage vicinity