confederation

Etymology

From Middle English confederacion, confideracion and Middle French confédération, from Old French confederacion, from Latin cōnfoederātiō. Doublet of confederacy.

noun

  1. A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
  2. The act of forming an alliance.

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