Rebellion

//ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Armed resistance to an established government or ruler. uncountable

    "The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country."

  2. 2
    organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another wordnet
  3. 3
    Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling. countable

    "Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents."

  4. 4
    refusal to accept some authority or code or convention wordnet
  5. 5
    An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government. countable

    "The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country."

Etymology

From Middle English rebellioun, rebellion, from Old French rebellion, from Latin rebelliō. Equivalent for rebel + -ion.

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