confraternization
(kənˌfrætənaɪˈzeɪʃən)
[n. of action f. assumed vb. *confraternize: cf. confraternity, etc., and fraternize.]
Fraternization together, recognition of each other as brethren.
| 1840 Fraser's Mag. XXI. 159 This is a very striking confraternisation. 1863 Confess. Ticket-of-Leave Man 55 Too late to secure his confraternisation. |