Confederation
[kənfedə'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [kən,fɛdə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of forming an alliance or confederation.
(noun.) a union of political organizations.
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Definition
(n.) The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.
(n.) The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. League, CONFEDERACY.
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Examples
- Luxembourg was included in the German Confederation, though its ruler was also King of the Netherlands, and though many of its peoples talked French. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Prussia and Austria were both partly in and partly out of a German confederation, which included a multitude of minor states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Once more Athens flared into importance as the head of a confederation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The King of Denmark came into the German confederation by virtue of certain German-speaking possessions in Holstein. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For a time, under Canute and his sons, it seemed possible that a great confederation of the Northmen might have established itself. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Doubtless the founders of our government, the majority of them at least, regarded the confederation of the colonies as an experiment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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