'Confederation' definitions:
Definition of 'confederation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being allied or confederated [syn: alliance, confederation]
noun
A union of political organizations [syn: confederation, confederacy, federation]
noun
The act of forming an alliance or confederation [syn: confederation, alliance]
Definition of 'Confederation'
From: GCIDE
- Confederation \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. [1913 Webster]
- The three princes enter into some strict league and confederation among themselves. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- This was no less than a political confederation of the colonies of New England. --Palfrey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy. [1913 Webster]
- Articles of confederation. See under Article. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'confederation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addition,
- affiliation,
- agglomeration,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- alignment,
- alliance,
- amalgamation,
- Anschluss,
- 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