Noun

• S: (n) federation (an organization formed by merging several groups or parties)
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• S: (n) confederation, confederacy, federation (a union of political organizations)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) union (a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations) "the Soviet Union"
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) federation (the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs)