Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word CONFEDERACY

Definitions of CONFEDERACY

1. An alliance.
2. Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
3. (politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
4. (historical) The Confederate States of America, the collection of American states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War.

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