Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Federation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Federation \Fed`er*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. f['e]d['e]ration.]
1. The act of uniting in a league; confederation.
2. A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated
government. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
federation
n 1: an organization formed by merging several groups or parties
2: a union of political organizations [syn: {confederation}, {confederacy}]
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