unions

1. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employerExamples: "you have to join the union in order to get a job"Synonyms: brotherhood, labor union, trade union, trades union, union

2. the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)Examples: "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale"Synonyms: North, Union

3. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposesExamples: "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"Synonyms: conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union

4. the state of being joined or united or linkedExamples: "there is strength in union"Synonyms: unification, unionAntonyms: separation

5. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)Examples: "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"Synonyms: marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedlock

6. healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bonesSynonyms: conglutination, union