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noun
Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conflict, struggle, battle
Narrower terms: insurgency, insurgence, intifada, intifadah, mutiny, Peasant's Revolt, Great Revolt, Indian Mutiny, Sepoy Mutiny
noun
refusal to accept some authority or code or convention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: resistance
History
From Middle English rebellioun, rebellion, from Old French rebellion, from Latin rebelliō. Equivalent for rebel + -ion.
Across languages
227 source translations are retained for this English entry.
