Given a finite set E, a relation with base E is a mappingGiven an integer k 1 and a relation R with base E, we call ( k)-reconstruction of R every relation with the same base, any restriction of which to a subset X of E with up to k elements is isomorphic to the restriction of R to X. The relation R is ( k)-reconstructible when each ( k)-reconstruction of R is isomorphic to R.In this work, the structure of the non-( k)-reconstructible relations is studied for all k 1. This study leads to an introduction of the minimal non-( k)-reconstructible relations and to characterization of the class of such relations for all k = 2. This class includes in particular the class of the indecomposable non-( k)-reconstructible relations.