confederation
noun/kənfɛdəˈɹeɪʃən/
Etymology From Middle English confederacion, confideracion and Middle French confédération, from Old French confederacion, from Latin cōnfoederātiō. Doublet of confederacy.
1
A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
2
The act of forming an alliance.
- Derived terms
- anticonfederation, confederational, confederationism, confederationist