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confederation
noun
1 confederation
The state of being allied or confederated.
synonym: alliance.
Roget 709:
cooperation;
coadjuvancy†,
coadjutancy†;
coagency†,
coefficiency†;
concert,
concurrence,
complicity,
participation;
union
etc.
43;
additivity,
combination
etc.
48;
collusion.
association,
alliance,
colleagueship†,
joint stock,
copartnership†;
cartel;
confederation
etc.
(party)
712;
coalition,
fusion;
a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together;
logrolling,
freemasonry.
unanimity
etc.
(assent)
488;
esprit de corps,
party spirit;
clanship†,
partisanship;
concord
etc.
714.
synergy,
coaction†.
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Dutch: bondgenootschap, alliantie
2 confederation
A union of political organizations.
synonyms: confederacy, federation.
Roget 712:
party,
faction,
side,
denomination,
communion,
set,
crew,
band.
horde,
posse,
phalanx;
family,
clan,
etc.
166;
team;
tong.
council
etc.
696.
community,
body,
fellowship,
sodality,
solidarity;
confraternity;
familistere†,
familistery†;
brotherhood,
sisterhood.
knot,
gang,
clique,
ring,
circle,
group,
crowd,
in-crowd;
coterie,
club,
casino†;
machine;
Tammany,
Tammany Hall [U.S.].
corporation,
corporate body,
guild;
establishment,
company;
copartnership†,
partnership;
firm,
house;
joint concern,
joint-stock company;
cahoot,
combine [U.S.],
trust.
society,
association;
institute,
institution;
union;
trades union;
league,
syndicate,
alliance,
Verein [G.],
Bund [G.],
Zollverein [G.],
combination;
Turnverein [G.];
league offensive and defensive,
alliance offensive and defensive;
coalition;
federation;
confederation,
confederacy;
junto,
cabal,
camarilla†,
camorra†,
brigue†;
freemasonry;
party spirit
etc.
(cooperation)
709.
Confederates,
Conservatives,
Democrats,
Federalists,
Federals,
Freemason,
Knight Templar;
Kuklux,
Kuklux Klan,
KKK;
Liberals,
Luddites,
Republicans,
Socialists,
Tories,
Whigs
&c..
staff;
dramatis personae [Lat.].
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Dutch: alliantie, bond, bondgenootschap, bondsstaat, confederatie, entente, statenbond, unie
Polish: konfederacja
3 confederation
The act of forming an alliance or confederation.
synonym: alliance.
Dutch: confederatie
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