articles of confederation

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   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

   Broaderwritten agreement

Questions about articles of confederation

What does articles of confederation mean?

articles of confederation means "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".

Is articles of confederation a common word?

articles of confederation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.