Confederation - Wikipedia Confederation A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states or chiefdoms united for purposes of common action [1]
Confederation | Definition, Examples, Facts | Britannica Confederation, primarily any league or union of people or bodies of people The term in modern political use is generally confined to a permanent union of sovereign states for certain common purposes—e g , the German Confederation established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815
Confederations | Encyclopedia. com A confederation (or confederacy) is a voluntary alliance of sovereign, independent states established to manage matters of common concern to the member states, such as defense