federation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: federation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for federation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
federation n an organization formed by merging several groups or parties a union of political organizations Synonym(s): confederation, confederacy, 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Federation \Fed`er*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. f[82]d[82]ration.] 1. The act of uniting in a league; confederation. 2. A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government. --Burke.