confederacies

noun

a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act

a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose

a union of political organizations

the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

Roots

comcon- · Latin · together foedusfeder- · Latin · league, covenant atia-ac · Latin · state, quality ia-ies · Latin · plural

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