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 fol. by from): He revolts from eating meat.
3.
to rebel in feeling (usually fol. by against): to revolt against parental authority.
4.
to feel horror or aversion (usually fol. 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.
–noun
6.
the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
7.
an expression or movement of spirited protest or dissent: a voter revolt at the polls.
Origin: 1540–50; (v.) < MF revolter < It rivoltare to turn around < VL *revolvitāre, freq. of L revolvere to roll back, unroll, revolve; (n.) < F révolte < It rivolta, deriv. of rivoltare
re·volt (rĭ-vōlt') v.
re·volt·ed, re·volt·ing, re·volts
v.
intr.
To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.
To oppose or refuse to accept something: revolting against high taxes.
To feel disgust or repugnance: to revolt at a public display of cruelty.
To turn away in revulsion or abhorrence: They revolted from the sight.
v.
tr. To fill with disgust or abhorrence; repel. See Synonyms at disgust. n.
An uprising, especially against state authority; a rebellion.
An act of protest or rejection.
The state of a person or persons in rebellion: students in revolt over administrative policies.
[French revolter, from Italian rivoltare, to turn round, from Vulgar Latin *revolvitāre, frequentative of Latin revolvere, to turn over; see revolve.] re·volt'er n.
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