- federation - an organization formed by merging several groups or parties
--1 is a kind of organization, organisation
--1 has particulars:American Federation of Labor, AFL; American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, AFL-CIO; Congress of Industrial Organizations, CIO Derived form: verb federate2 - confederation, confederacy, federation - a union of political organizations
--2 is a kind of union
--2 has particulars: nation; Creek Confederacy; Hanseatic LeagueDerived form: verb federate2 - 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
--3 is a kind of constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
Derived form: verb federate2