conspiration

[ kon-spuh-rey-shuhn ]

noun
  1. joint effort.

  2. Obsolete. conspiracy.

Origin of conspiration

1
1275–1325; Middle English conspiracioun<Anglo-French; Middle French conspiration<Latin conspīrātiōn- (stem of conspīrātiō), equivalent to conspīrāt(us) (past participle of conspīrāre to conspire) + -iōn--ion

Other words from conspiration

  • con·spi·ra·tion·al, adjective

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How to use conspiration in a sentence

  • Typho was the brother of Osiris and Isis; for jealousy, and to usurp the throne, he formed a conspiration and killed his brother.

    Vestiges of the Mayas | Augustus Le Plongeon
  • Of this kind was the conspiration de Walstein of Sarrasin, which, though incomplete, is admirable in style.