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Noun (4 meanings)
1. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland
confederacy is an instance of:
- geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region (noun) - a demarcated area of the Earth
members of confederacy:
- Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL (noun) - a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
- Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR (noun) - a state in south central United States
- Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL (noun) - a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico
- Georgia, Empire State of the South, Peach State, GA (noun) - a state in southeastern United States
- Louisiana, Pelican State, LA (noun) - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
- Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS (noun) - a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico
- Missouri, Show Me State, MO (noun) - a midwestern state in central United States
- North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State, NC (noun) - a state in southeastern United States
- South Carolina, Palmetto State, SC (noun) - a state in the Deep South
- Tennessee, Volunteer State, TN (noun) - a state in east central United States
- Texas, Lone-Star State, TX (noun) - the second largest state
- Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA (noun) - a state in the eastern United States
parts of confederacy:
- slave state (noun) - any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War
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2. a union of political organizations.
confederacy is a type of:
- union (noun) - a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
types of confederacy:
- Creek Confederacy (noun) - a North American Indian confederacy organized by the Muskogee that dominated the southeastern part of the United States before being removed to Oklahoma
- Hanseatic League (noun) - a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas
- nation (noun) - a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
confederacy is derivationally related to:
- to band together, confederate (verb) - form a group or unite
- to confederate (verb) - form a confederation with
- to federate, federalize, federalise (verb) - unite on a federal basis or band together as a league
3. a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose.
confederacy is a type of:
members of confederacy:
- conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator (noun) - a member of a conspiracy
confederacy is derivationally related to:
- conspiratorial, conspirative (adjective) - relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators
4. a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act.
confederacy is a type of:
- agreement, understanding (noun) - the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
types of confederacy:
- conspiracy of silence (noun) - a conspiracy not to talk about some situation or event
confederacy is derivationally related to:
- conspiratorial, conspirative (adjective) - relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators
- to conspire, collude (verb) - act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose