confederation
noun
[ kənfɛdəˈreɪʃ(ə)n ]
• an organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.
• "a confederation of trade unions"
Similar:
alliance,
league,
confederacy,
federation,
association,
coalition,
combine,
consortium,
affiliation,
conglomerate,
cooperative,
partnership,
fellowship,
syndicate,
compact,
band,
group,
circle,
ring,
society,
union,
consociation,
sodality,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French confederacion or late Latin confederatio(n- ), from Latin confoederare, from con- ‘together’ + foederare ‘join in league with’ (from foedus ‘league, treaty’).
