Associations to the word «Confederacy»

Wiktionary

CONFEDERACY, noun. An alliance
CONFEDERACY, proper noun. (historical) the informal name for the Confederate States of America, the collection of American states that seceded from the United States in 1861, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War.

Dictionary definition

CONFEDERACY, noun. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
CONFEDERACY, noun. A union of political organizations.
CONFEDERACY, noun. A group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose.
CONFEDERACY, noun. A secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King