Definition: Meaning of, Articles of Confederation in English to English dictionary.
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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
an agreement made in 1781 by the 13 original COLONIES of the US, which established a government for the US, and which was used as the basic law of the country until the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES was written and agreed in 1789