Confederation meaning

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A group of confederates, especially of states or nations, united for a common purpose; a league.
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Federal union of all the Canadian provinces and territories.
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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.
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The state of being confederated.
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The union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada, brought about July 1, 1867, under the name Dominion of Canada.
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A uniting or being united in a league or alliance.
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A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
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The act of forming an alliance.
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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.
  • In Canada, the date of Confederation; 1 July 1867.
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In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.
  • In Newfoundland, the date of Confederation; 31 March 1949.
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The definition of a confederation is an alliance or a group of people or nations with shared goals.

An example of a confederation was the group of southern states that joined together to fight the rest of the states in the U.S.

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The act of forming into or becoming part of a confederacy.
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Origin of confederation

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

Sentence Examples

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

  • Napp's Argentine Republic; and de Moussy's Confederation argentine.

  • Was the will of the Confederation of the Rhine transferred to Napoleon in 1806?

  • 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.

  • A fugitive slave clause was inserted in the Articles of Confederation of the New England Confederation of 1643, providing for the return of the fugitive upon the certificate of one magistrate in the jurisdiction out of which the said servant fled - no trial by jury being provided for.

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