confederation

When people or groups of people come together to form a union. A sports league is a confederation of teams, for example.



Word Structure

kuhn-feh-der-EY-shuhn

Sentence Examples

The Articles of Confederation were the first Constitution.

The articles of Confederation gave states power.

The constitutional convention changed the Articles of Confederation.

Semantic Relatives

Alliance

Articles

Union



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