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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
confederation
n 1: the state of being allied or confederated [syn: {alliance}]
2: a union of political organizations [syn: {confederacy}, {federation}]
3: the act of forming an alliance or confederation [syn: {alliance}]
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