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A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states united for purposes of common action. [1] .
a group of countries, organizations, or people who have joined together for economic or political reasons: [ C ] a union confederation. politics & government.
Confederation, primarily any league or union of people or bodies of people. The term in modern political use is generally confined to a permanent union of sovereign states for certain common purposes—e.g., the German Confederation established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
noun. con· fed· er· a· tion kən-ˌfe-də-ˈrā-shən. Synonyms of confederation. 1. : an act of confederating : a state of being confederated : alliance. 2. : league. Synonyms. alliance. axis. block. coalition. combination. combine. confederacy. federation. league. union. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of confederation in a Sentence.
a league or alliance. Synonyms: federation, coalition. a group of confederates, especially of states more or less permanently united for common purposes. the Confederation, the union of the 13 original U.S. states under the Articles of Confederation 1781–89.
Confederations are voluntary associations of independent states that, to secure some common purpose, agree to certain limitations on their freedom of action and establish some joint machinery of consultation or deliberation.
When a group of people or nations form an alliance, it is called a confederation, allowing each member to govern itself but agreeing to work together for common causes. Perhaps the best-known confederation was the South during the U.S. Civil War.
Definition of confederation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a group of countries, organizations, or people who have joined together for economic or political reasons: [ C ] a union confederation. politics & government.
CONFEDERATION meaning: a group of people, countries, organizations, etc., that are joined together in some activity or effort
