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Rebellion
//ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən// noun
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Noun
- 1 Armed resistance to an established government or ruler. uncountable
"The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country."
- 2 organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another wordnet
- 3 Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling. countable
"Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents."
- 4 refusal to accept some authority or code or convention wordnet
- 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.
See also for "rebellion"
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