Synonyms:
alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement
Meaning: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
Synonyms:
alignment
Meaning: the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
Usage examples
A Committee of five soldiers was elected to serve as General Staff, and in the small hours of the morning the regiments left their barracks in full battle array.... Going home I saw them pass, swinging along with the regular tread of veterans, bayonets in perfect alignment, through the deserted streets of the conquered city....