Definitions for Confederation

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Confederation con·fed·er·a·tion

Spelling: [kuh n-fed-uh-rey-shuh n]

IPA: /kənˌfɛd əˈreɪ ʃən/

Confederation is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 1632 anagrams from letters in Confederation (acdeefinnoort).

Definitions for Confederation

noun

1. the act of confederating.
2. the state of being confederated.
3. a league or alliance.
4. a group of confederates, especially of states more or less permanently united for common purposes.
5. the Confederation, the union of the 13 original U.S. states under the Articles of Confederation 1781–89.
6. (initial capital letter) the federation of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, formed in 1867 and constituting the Dominion of Canada.

Origin of Confederation

1375-1425; late Middle English Late Latin confoederātiōn- (stem of confoederātiō) an agreement, equivalent to confoederāt(us) confederate + -iōn- Examples for Confederation

Do I understand that you wish a confederation of all our cities?

I saw it in "Quotation", a group show at the confederation Center of the Arts in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

As it was, several States refused to enter into the confederation at first.

Instead, the two colonies were joined in a confederation, with separate legislatures.

The more daring among them even talk about federation or confederation, possibly including the Kingdom of Jordan.

The shackles imposed on this power, in the confederation, are discarded.

Such was the state of things when the confederation was adopted.

The Articles of confederation had required nine of the 13 states to pass most items, and it was a disaster.

But no forces were available for the protection of the property of the confederation.

This confederation scheme, however, has not yet been accomplished.