confederacy synonyms

confederacy

n.

alliance, loose union, confederation, conspiracy; see alliance 3, government 1, 2. See syn. study at alliance.

Confederacy

n.

Confederate States of America, the South, secessionists, rebel states, Southern Confederacy, Southern aristocracy, Dixie, Dixieland, the Rebs*; see also South.

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