Definition for
rebellion
noun – War waged against a government by some part of its subjects; armed opposition to a government by a party of citizens, for the purpose of changing its composition, constitution, or laws; insurrectionary or revolutionary war.
noun – The act of rebelling or taking part in a rebellious movement; open or armed defiance to one's government; the action of a rebel.
noun – Hence Revolt against or defiance of authority in general; resistance to a higher power or to an obligatory mandate; open disobedience or insubordination; determination not to submit.
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Synonyms Sedition, Revolt. etc. See
noun – The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection.
noun – Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.
noun – a process of contempt issued on the nonappearance of a defendant, -- now abolished.
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