"confederacy" in the noun sense
1. Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
2. confederation, confederacy, federation
a union of political organizations
3. conspiracy, confederacy
a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
4. conspiracy, confederacy
a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
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