connection, connexion, connectedness - a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"

materiality - relevance requiring careful consideration

cogency - persuasive relevance

point - a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect

reference to, regard to, relation to, respect to - (usually preceded by `with') relation of delimitation; "he inquired with respect to the address"

applicability, pertinence, pertinency - relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand