Confederation Definition & Meaning

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Confederation

Confederation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Confederation? [n] the act of forming an alliance or confederation [n] a union of political organizations [n] the state of being allied or confederated Synonyms \| Synonyms for Confederation: alliance \| alliance \| confederacy \| federation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Confederation: addition \| affiliation \| agglomeration \| aggregation \| agreement \| alignment \| alliance \| amalgamation \| Anschluss \| assemblage \| assimilation \| association \| axis \| band \| blend \| blending \| bloc \| body \| Bund \| cabal \| cahoots \| cartel \| centralization \| coadunation \| coalescence \| coalition \| colleagueship \| college \| collegialism \| collegiality \| combination \| combine \| combo \| common market \| composition \| comradeship \| confederacy \| confraternity \| congeries \| conglomeration \| conjugation \| conjunction \| consolidation \| conspiracy \| consumer cooperative \| cooperative \| cooperative society \| copartnership \| copartnery \| corps \| council \| credit union \| customs union \| economic community \| ecumenism \| embodiment \| encompassment \| enosis \| federalization \| federation \| fellowship \| fraternalism \| fraternity \| fraternization \| free trade area \| freemasonry \| fusion \| gang \| group \| grouping \| hookup \| inclusion \| incorporation \| integration \| junction \| junta \| league \| machine \| marriage \| meld \| melding \| merger \| mob \| package \| package deal \| partnership \| political machine \| ring \| Rochdale cooperative \| society \| sodality \| solidification \| sorority \| syncretism \| syndication \| syneresis \| synthesis \| tie-in \| tie-up \| unification \| union \| wedding See Also \| coalition \| Creek Confederacy \| fusion \| group action \| Hanseatic League \| nation \| union Confederation In Webster's Dictionary \Confed`era"tion\, n. [L. confoederatio: cf. F. conf['e]d['e]ration.] 1. The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states. The three princes enter into some strict league and confederation among themselves. --Bacon. This was no less than a political confederation of the colonies of New England. --Palfrey. 2. The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy. {Articles of confederation}. See under {Article}.

Confederation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Confederation?

[n] the act of forming an alliance or confederation
[n] a union of political organizations
[n] the state of being allied or confederated

Synonyms | Synonyms for Confederation: alliance | alliance | confederacy | federation

Confederation In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*fed`er*a"tion\, n. [L. confoederatio: cf. F.
conf['e]d['e]ration.]
1. The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual
   support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or
   states.

         The three princes enter into some strict league and
         confederation among themselves.       --Bacon.

         This was no less than a political confederation of
         the colonies of New England.          --Palfrey.

2. The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a
   confederacy.

{Articles of confederation}. See under {Article}.

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