ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Articles of Confederation mean? 

• ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION (noun)
  The noun ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION has 1 sense:

1. a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens

  Familiarity information: ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION used as a noun is very rare.

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• ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

written agreement (a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties)