union

noun

1.
2.
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
3.
the state of being joined or united or linked
Antonym:
separation
5.
healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
6.
a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
7.
a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
8.
the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
9.
a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)