Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Confection \Con*fec"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. confectio.]
   1. A composition of different materials. [Obs.]

            A new confection of mold.             --Bacon.

   2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a
      sweetmeat.

            Certain confections . . . are like to candied
            conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons.
                                                  --Bacon.

   3. A composition of drugs. --Shak.

   4. (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal
      substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.

   Note: The pharmacop[oe]ias formerly made a distinction
         between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances
         and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances
         combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is
         now abandoned and all are called confections.

Source : WordNet®

confection
     n 1: a food rich in sugar [syn: {sweet}, {confectionery}]
     2: the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup
        etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
        [syn: {concoction}]
     v : make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected"
         [syn: {confect}, {comfit}]