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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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