Synonyms for Federation
ˌfɛd əˈreɪ ʃənfed·er·a·tion

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1. federation

   Alliance is in its most common use a connection formed by treaty between sovereign states as for mutual aid in war. Partnership is a mercantile word; alliance chiefly political or matrimonial. Coalition is oftenest used of political parties; fusion is now the more common word in this sense. In an alliance between nations there is no surrender of sovereignty, and no union except for a specified time and purpose. League and alliance are used with scarcely perceptible difference of meaning. In a confederacy or confederation there is an attempt to unite separate states in a general government without surrender of sovereignty. Union implies so much concession as to make the separate states substantially one. Federation is mainly a poetic and rhetorical word expressing something of the same thought, as in Tennyson's "federation of the world," Locksley Hall, l. 128. The United States is not a confederacy nor an alliance; the nation might be called a federation, but prefers to be styled a federal union.

   Synonyms:
   alliance, coalition, compact, confederacy, confederation, fusion, league, partnership, union

   Antonyms:
   antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, enmity, hostility, schism, secession, separation, war

   Preposition:
   Alliance with a neighboring people; against the common enemy; for offense and defense; alliance of, between, or among nations.

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1. federationnoun

   an organization formed by merging several groups or parties

   Synonyms:
   confederacy, confederation

2. confederation, confederacy, federationnoun

   a union of political organizations

   Synonyms:
   confederacy, alliance, conspiracy, federation, confederation

3. federationnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   confederacy, confederation

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1. • Constitution
   • Organization
   • Union

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1. federationnoun

   Synonyms:
   league, alliance, coalition, union, confederation, combination, copartnership, federal union, federal compact

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1. federationnoun

   Synonyms:
   confederation, league, confederacy, union

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1. List of paraphrases for "federation":

   russian, russia, fannie, fédération, federal, federación, federatie, russie, federations, commonwealth, confederation, ftu, union, fiapa, federative, association

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1. James Dorsey:

   Things have flipped. Blatter did a 180-degree turn and that has consequences for the federation, including Asia, sheikh Ahmad and Salman have been weakened. Those who voted for Blatter because they were afraid can now come out of the dark.

2. Real Madrid:

   These remarks show a lack of respect for one of the most admired figures by football fans around the world and our club is awaiting an immediate correction, the statements by the president of the French Football Federation are inappropriate for someone holding such representation and are in themselves unsuitable.

3. Sergei Lavrov:

   All of the laws, doctrines, concepts and strategies of the Russian Federation apply to all of its territory.

4. Charlie Crist:

   Karla Hernández-Mats wasn't just Karla Hernández-Mats, Karla Hernández-Mats was a teacher of special needs children. American Federation of Teachers's American Federation of Teachers, american Federation of Teachers's a heart, caring, loving, empathetic, compassionate -- American Federation of Teachers's what we don't have in the governor's office right now.

5. Chris Ngige:

   I invoked laws of the federation on withdrawal of wages during period of strike, which in common parlance is called the principle of No-Work-No-Pay.