Synonym: confederacy, confederation. Similar words: confederation, articles of confederation, federate, confederate, consideration, federal, federalist, federalism. Meaning: [‚fedə'reɪʃn] 
n. 1. an organization formed by merging several groups or parties 2. a union of political organizations 3. 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.
n. 1. an organization formed by merging several groups or parties 2. a union of political organizations 3. 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. 
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31. Her case was supported by the Chicago Teachers Federation.
32. Best of all, Uulaa is a Freeworld, without local sentient population and so outside the Federation.
33. Federation leaders were annoyed by the redundant demands, but could rarely refuse.
34. Species that have been separate for thousands of generations have, as a result, amalgamated into a federation.
35. That question is not addressed to an association or a federation.
36. To get the message across, the National Wildlife Federation sends out 60 million pieces of mail.
37. The Federation representative could suffer unofficial penalties for any such assistance.
38. The federation drew its conclusions after sending a questionnaire to 3,300 of its members.
39. Gorbachev, Yanayev and the presidents of the autonomous republics were also members of the Federation Council.
40. Chamber of Commerce and Telcom Ventures, is rapidly assembling a federation of state and local chambers of commerce across the country.
41. This attack was repeated again in 1987 in the Federation magazine, for the report had obviously hit a very raw nerve.
42. The Athletics Federation plans to crack down on drug and steroid abuse by athletes.
43. Ironically, it was one of the first broadcasts which extended to the entire federation since its collapse last year.
44. Last month the world chess federation Fide accepted a ￡1.2 million bid from Manchester to stage the championship.
45. And the Retail Motor Industry Federation forecast an increase of 100,000 sales which would boost 1922 figures to around 1.8m.
46. Another one trying to prevent the Federation descending into chaos; he would be no more successful than the Archon.
47. The order temporarily overrules a four-year ban from competition imposed upon Johnson by the international track federation for failing a drug test.
48. We are a closed world, having little contact with Federation authority.
49. In 1983 alone, 147 violent incidents were reported to the National Abortion Federation by member clinics.
50. Now the county's Police Federation has set up a helpline to give advice to officers facing complaints.
51. The International Olympic Committee probably would foot the repair bill, and the international track federation would pay travel costs.
52. John Collins, lawyer for the federation, said that he had made a fair offer.
53. The defense agencies had learned to recruit wealthy federation donors to their own boards.
54. The term "empire' is often loosely applied to a federation of states.
55. The federation was irate because it had wanted to send them on a world tour after the World Cup.
56. There are five major rationales for a federation: 1. Large size.
57. The Labour Party was ceasing to be a loose federation of political and industrial groups.
58. Further talks on June 17-20 in Bratislava left unresolved the differences over the fundamental principles of a new federation.
59. The course takes two years, and graduates are certified by a new group,[www.Sentencedict.com] the International Coach Federation.
60. Shortly before the elections the federal government had released details of an alleged plot to take Sabah out of the Federation.
More similar words: confederation, articles of confederation, federate, confederate, consideration, federal, federalist, federalism, operation, confederacy, desperation, liberation, veneration, laceration, generation, AND operation, alliteration, exasperation, exaggeration, commiseration, remuneration, federalist party, generation gap, proliferation, conglomeration, lost generation, federal government, ratification, gratification, self-gratification.