federation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an organization formed by merging several groups or parties
  2. noun a union of political organizations
    confederacy; confederation.
  3. noun 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

WordNet

Fed`er*a"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. fédération.
Definitions
  1. The act of uniting in a league; confederation.
  2. A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government. Burke.

Webster 1913