Definition of Confederacy

1. Noun. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.


2. Noun. A union of political organizations.
Exact synonyms: Confederation, Federation
Specialized synonyms: Nation, Creek Confederacy, Hanseatic League
Generic synonyms: Union
Derivative terms: Confederate, Confederate, Federate

3. Noun. A group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose.
Exact synonyms: Conspiracy
Generic synonyms: Band, Circle, Lot, Set
Member holonyms: Coconspirator, Conspirator, Machinator, Plotter
Derivative terms: Conspiratorial

4. Noun. A secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act.
Exact synonyms: Conspiracy
Specialized synonyms: Conspiracy Of Silence
Generic synonyms: Agreement, Understanding
Derivative terms: Conspiratorial, Conspire

Definition of Confederacy

1. n. A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance.

2. n. With the, the Confederate States of America.

Definition of Confederacy

1. Proper noun. (historical) the informal name for the w:Confederate States of America Confederate States of America, the collection of American states that secede seceded from the United States in 1861, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War. ¹

2. Noun. an alliance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Confederacy

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