About The Word Confederation
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Confederation
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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 \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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