Confederation Definition

kən-fĕdə-rāshən
noun
A uniting or being united in a league or alliance.
Webster's New World
The act of forming into or becoming part of a confederacy.
American Heritage
The state of being confederated.
American Heritage
A league or alliance; specif., independent nations or states joined in a league or confederacy whose central authority is usually confined to common defense and limited political cooperation.
Webster's New World
Federal union of all the Canadian provinces and territories.
American Heritage
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pronoun

In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.

Wiktionary

In Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, beginning with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec, and later including all the others.

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Other Word Forms of Confederation

Noun

Singular:
confederation
Plural:
confederations

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Confederation

  • the Confederation

Origin of Confederation

  • Middle French confédération, from Old French confederacion, from Latin confoederatio.

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Confederation Sentence Examples

  • He was prominent in the affairs of the New England Confederation, of which he was one of the founders (1643).

  • In March 1848 he made a speech before the Confederation which led to his arrest for sedition, but at his trial the jury failed to agree and he was discharged.

  • Thus at this period Poland was a confederation of half a dozen semiindependent states.

  • In 1272 it was the first of the towns of Guyenne to join the confederation headed by Bordeaux.

  • It remains to mention briefly the fortunes of each remaining member of the once imperial confederation.

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Words Starting With

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NONION

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