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verb (used without object)
1.
to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny: to revolt against the present government.
2.
to turn away in mental rebellion, utter disgust, or abhorrence (usually followed by from): He revolts from eating meat.
3.
to rebel in feeling (usually followed by against): to revolt against parental authority.
4.
to feel horror or aversion (usually followed by at): to revolt at the sight of blood.
verb (used with object)
5.
to affect with disgust or abhorrence: Such low behavior revolts me.
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Revolt against
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Origin:
1540–50; (v.) < Middle French revolter < Italian rivoltare to turn around < Vulgar Latin *revolvitāre, frequentative of Latin revolvere to roll back, unroll, revolve; (noun) < French révolte < Italian rivolta, derivative of rivoltare
1540–50; (v.) < Middle French revolter < Italian rivoltare to turn around < Vulgar Latin *revolvitāre, frequentative of Latin revolvere to roll back, unroll, revolve; (noun) < French révolte < Italian rivolta, derivative of rivoltare
Related forms
re·volt·er, noun
un·re·volt·ed, adjective
Synonyms
6. uprising, disorder, putsch.
6. uprising, disorder, putsch.
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