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Confédération — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • confederacy noun An alliance or union of groups, states, or people joined for a common purpose.
  • confederation noun A union of states or organizations that keep their own independence while cooperating on shared matters.

Senses

Confédération is used for these senses in English:

  • Confederacy (historical) The Confederate States of America, the collection of American states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War.
  • confederacy An alliance.
  • confederation A union or alliance of states or political organizations.