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A confederation in modern political terms is a permanent union of political units for common action in relation to other units. Usually created by treaty but often ...
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noun 1. the act of confederating . 2. the state of being confederated . 3. a league or alliance. 4. a group of confederates , especially of states more or less ...
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Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( kən-fĕd ' ə-rā ' shən ) n. The act of forming into or becoming part of a confederacy. The state of being ...
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Confederation, the union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada (Canada being an earlier 1841 union of Lower Canada and Upper ...
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con·fed·er·a·tion (k n-f d-r sh n) n. 1. a. The act of forming into or becoming part of a confederacy. b. The state of being confederated. 2. A group of ...
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A confederation is an association of sovereign states. Confederations are usually created by treaty but tend to later adopt a constitution. Confederations tend to be ...
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A confederation is an association of sovereign member states that, by treaty, have delegated certain of their competences (or powers) to common institutions, in order ...
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Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed on July 1, 1867. On that day, three British colonies were formed into four ...
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Definition of CONFEDERATION. 1: an act of confederating: a state of being confederated: alliance. 2: league. See confederation defined for English-language learners »
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a uniting or being united in a league or alliance; a league or alliance; specif., independent nations or states joined in a league or confederacy whose central ...
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