alinement n 1: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty [syn: {alliance}, {coalition}, {alignment}, {alinement}] [ant: {nonalignment}, {nonalinement}]
Alinement \A*line"ment\, n. Same as {Alignment}. [1913 Webster] Note: [The Eng. form alinement is preferable to alignment, a bad spelling of the French]. --New Eng. Dict. (Murray). [1913 Webster]