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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Con-sōl'i-dā'tion, n.

noun

n. [Lat. consolidatio, Fr. consolidation, Pr. consolidacio, Sp. consolidacion, It. consolidazione.]

  1. The act of consolidating, or compacting into one mass, body, or system; as, the consolidation of funds; the consolidation of two or more bills in legislation, &c. “The consolidation of the great European monarchies.” Hallam.
  2. (Law.) The combination of several actions into one.