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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The act of federating, especially a joining together of states into a league or federal union.
  2. n. A league or association formed by federating, especially a government or political body established through federal union.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The act of uniting in confederation by league and covenant.
  2. n. A league; a confederacy; a federal alliance.
  3. n. A federal government, as that of the United States, Switzerland, or Germany.
  4. n. Synonyms See confederation.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Act of joining together into a single political entity.
  2. n. Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.
  3. n. Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.
  4. adj. Australia Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The act of uniting in a league; confederation.
  2. n. A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a union of political organizations
  2. n. an organization formed by merging several groups or parties
  3. n. 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

Etymologies

  1. From French fédération, from Late Latin foederatio, from Latin foederare. (Wiktionary)

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