Confederacy
WordNet
noun
(1) A secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
(2) A group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
(3) A union of political organizations
(4) The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
Confederacy
- 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.