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Confederacy

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Noun

1. confederacy, confederate states, confederate states of america, dixie, dixieland, south

the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

2. confederacy, confederation, federation

a union of political organizations

3. confederacy, conspiracy

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

4. confederacy, conspiracy

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Confederacy

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noun plural -cies
1. 
a union or combination of peoples, states, etc; alliance; league
2. 
a combination of groups or individuals for unlawful purposes
noun
the Confederacy

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Confederacy

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nounWord forms: plural conˈfederacies
1. 
people, groups, nations, or states united for some common purpose
2. 
a league or alliance formed by such a union; federation or confederation
3. 
people united for an unlawful purpose; conspiracy

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Confederacy

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n. pl. con·fed·er·a·cies
1.
a. A union of persons, parties, or states; a league.
b. The persons, parties, or states joined in such a union.
c. Confederacy The Confederate States of America.
2. A group of people who have united for unlawful practices; a conspiracy.

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