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 ;