Antonyms for confederation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuhn-fed-uh-rey-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : kənˌfɛd əˈreɪ ʃən

Definition of confederation

Origin : early 15c., "act of confederating," from Middle French confédération, from Old French confederacion (14c.), from Late Latin confoederationem (nominative confoederatio), noun of action from confoederare (see confederate). Meaning "states or persons united by a league" is from 1620s.

noun union

Example sentences :

Such was the state of things when the Confederation was adopted.
Extract from : « Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, versus the State of Georgia » by John Marshall

The shackles imposed on this power, in the Confederation, are discarded.
Extract from : « Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, versus the State of Georgia » by John Marshall

But no forces were available for the protection of the property of the Confederation.
Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson

As it was, several States refused to enter into the confederation at first.
Extract from : « The Arena » by Various

This confederation scheme, however, has not yet been accomplished.
Extract from : « Up To Date Business » by Various

Do I understand that you wish a confederation of all our cities?
Extract from : « Adaptation » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

How can part of them belong to the confederation without the whole?
Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic

Of the eight provinces of Prussia, two are not included in the confederation.
Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic

The Confederation of Arras was proclaimed on January 6, 1579.
Extract from : « Belgium » by Emile Cammaerts

This was the first important effort to bring about a Colonial confederation.
Extract from : « The Greatest Highway in the World » by Anonymous

Synonyms for confederation

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