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rebellion

[ ri-bel-yuhn ]

noun

  1. open, organized, and armed resistance to one's government or ruler.

    Synonyms: sedition, mutiny

  2. resistance to or defiance of any authority, control, or tradition.

    Synonyms: disobedience, insubordination

  3. the act of rebelling.


rebellion

/ rɪˈbɛljən /

noun

  1. organized resistance or opposition to a government or other authority
  2. dissent from an accepted moral code or convention of behaviour, dress, etc


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Other Words From

  • nonre·bellion noun
  • prere·bellion adjective
  • semi·re·bellion noun
  • subre·bellion noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rebellion1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English rebellioun, from Old French, from Latin rebelliōn-, stem of rebelliō; equivalent to rebel + -ion

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rebellion1

C14: via Old French from Latin rebelliō revolt (of those conquered); see rebel

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Example Sentences

And, just like Katniss, we need rules that make solidarity a centerpiece of shared life, not a desperate act of rebellion.

It may have looked like paradise, but a rebellion was brewing around the Davises.

Since then, Kisangani has been the epicenter of nearly every rebellion in the Congo.

The Hunger Games franchise is already a deeply political saga, chronicling a growing rebellion against a tyrannical regime.

Democratic rebellion has transformed America in important ways.

For several months he remained under a political cloud, charged with incompetency to quell the Philippine Rebellion.

Primo de Rivera, who believed the rebellion to be fast on the wane, shipped back to Spain 7,000 troops.

The rebellion spread to their district, and many of the natives on and about the estate were eager to join in the movement.

For good or ill, the torrent of rebellion was suffered to break loose, and it soon engulfed a continent.

The anger and rebellion had been comatose in these years of freedom, but the maturer brain was the more uneasy, at times appalled.

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