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confederationsnounpl. of confederation an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protectionthe smaller nations were forced to form a confederation out of self-defense alliances, axes, blocks, blocs, coalitions, combinations, combines, confederacies, federations, leagues, unions cabals, conspiracies, juntoscartels, syndicates, trustsfactions, fronts, fusions, sides, wingsassociations, groups, organizationsaffiliations, cooperatives, partnershipscircuits, conferences the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)the big-budget movie was produced by the studio in confederation with another in order to lower the risk affiliations, alliances, associations, collaborations, connections, cooperations, hookups, liaisons, linkups, partnerships, relations, relationships, tie-ups, unions businesses, dealings, interactionsexchanges, interconnections, interrelations, mutualisms, reciprocities, symbiosesincorporations, integrations, mergers, unificationsaffinities, attachments, intimacies, rapports, sympathieskinships, solidarities, unitiescolleagueships, companies, companionships, fellowshipsbeds, cahoots, leagues disaffiliations, dissociations breakups, dissolutions, disunionsdivisions, partings, separations, severances, splitsalienations, divorces, estrangements |