confederation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being allied or confederated
    alliance.
  2. noun a union of political organizations
    confederacy; federation.
  3. noun the act of forming an alliance or confederation
    alliance.

WordNet

Con*fed`er*a"tion noun
Etymology
L. confoederatio: cf. F. confédération.
Definitions
  1. The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particulary of princes, nations, or states.
    The three princes enter into some strict league and confederation among themselves. Bacon.
    This was no less than a political confederation of the colonies of New England. Palfrey.
  2. The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy.

Webster 1913