CONFEDERACY

conspiracy, confederacy

(noun) a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act

conspiracy, confederacy

(noun) a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose

confederation, confederacy, federation

(noun) a union of political organizations

Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland

(noun) the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

confederacy (plural confederacies)

An alliance.

(politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.

Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.

Proper noun

Confederacy

(historical) The Confederate States of America, the collection of American states that seceded from the United States in 1861, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War.

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*fed"er*a*cy, n.; pl. Confederacies. Etym: [From Confederate, a.]

1. A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance. The friendships of the world are oft Confederacies in vice or leagues of pleasure. Addison. He hath heard of our confederacy. Shak. Virginia promoted a confederacy. Bancroft.

2. The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation. The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic confederacy that ever existed. Harris. Virgil has a whole confederacy against him. Dryden.

3. (Law)

Definition: A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy.

Syn.

– League; compact; alliance; association; union; combination; confederation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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