coalition
n 1: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact
or treaty [syn: {alliance}, {alignment}, {alinement}]
[ant: {nonalignment}]
2: the state of being combined into one body [syn: {fusion}]
3: the union of diverse things into one body or form or group;
the growing together of parts [syn: {coalescence}, {coalescency},
{concretion}, {conglutination}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0