to reject, resist, or rise in arms against one's government or ruler.
6.
to resist or rise against some authority, control, or tradition.
7.
to show or feel utter repugnance: His very soul rebelled at spanking the child.
Origin: 1250–1300; (adj.) ME < OF rebelle < L rebellis renewing a war, equiv. to re-re-+ bell(um) war + -is adj. suffix; (v.) ME rebellen (< OF rebeller) < L rebellāre; (n.) ME rebel, deriv. of the adj.
To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.
To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.
To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance: She rebelled at the unwelcome suggestion.
n.
reb·el (rěb'əl)
One who rebels or is in rebellion: "He is the perfect recruit for fascist movements: a rebel not a revolutionary, contemptuous yet envious of the rich and involved with them"(Stanley Hoffman).
Rebel A Confederate soldier.
[Middle English rebellen, from Old French rebeller, from Latin rebellāre : re-, re- + bellāre, to make war (from bellum, war). N., Middle English, rebellious, rebel, from Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis, from rebellāre.]
[n., adj. reb-uh
l; v. ri-bel] 
noun, adjective, verb, -belled, -bel⋅ling.