N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES
(尤指为商业或政治目的而组成的)联盟，同盟,联合会
A confederation is an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes.
例句
...the Confederation of Indian Industry.
印度产业联合会
...plans to partition the republic into a confederation of mini-states.
把共和国分割成小国邦联的计划