confederacy

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a situation in which states or people join together for a particular purpose, usually related to politics or trade, or a group formed like this

the group of southern states in the American Civil War that fought to leave the United States and keep slavery

the union of southern American states that fought against the northern states in the American Civil War and were defeated in 1865

the eleven southern states that left the US and fought against the north in the US Civil War

A confederacy is also a confederation.