Let's consider that there is a set $S$ for which $R \subseteq S \times S \times S$ is a relation on that set. With $x,y,z \in S$, imagine that the following holds:
$$R(x, y, z) \iff R(x, z, y) \iff R(y, x, z) \iff R(y, z, x) \iff R(z, x, y) \iff R(z, y, x)$$
This 3-ary relation has a property that reminds me of symmetric relations in which the order of the elements doesn't matter. This property can hold non-trivially for arities $n>1$, and still hold for $n=0$ or $n=1$ in a trivial way, making it something rather general. What is this property called of an $n$-ary relation?
Well, there is the notion of symmetric function.
An $n$-ary function $f(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$ is symmetric if its value is the same no matter the order of its arguments.
Symmetric relations can be defined similarly - after all, functions are special relations.