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se·di·tion       [si-dish-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
2.any action, esp. in speech or writing, promoting such discontent or rebellion.
3.Archaic. rebellious disorder.
[Origin: 1325–75; < L séditiōn- (s. of séditiō), equiv. to séd- se- + -itiōn- a going (it(us), ptp. of īre to go + -iōn- -ion); r. ME sedicioun < AF < L, as above]

—Synonyms 1. insurrection, mutiny. See treason.
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se·di·tion       (sĭ-dĭsh'ən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.
  2. Insurrection; rebellion.


[Middle English sedicioun, violent party strife, from Old French sedition, from Latin sēditiō, sēditiōn- : sēd-, sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + itiō, act of going (from itus, past participle of īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots).]

se·di'tion·ist n.
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sedition 
c.1375, "rebellion," from O.Fr. sedicion, from L. seditionem (nom. seditio) "civil disorder, dissention," lit. "a going apart, separation," from se- "apart" (see secret) + itio "a going," from pp. of ire "to go." Meaning "conduct or language inciting to rebellion against a lawful government" is from 1838.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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sedition

noun
an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government 

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
sedition

Acts that incite rebellion or civil disorder against an established government.


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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: se·di·tion
Pronunciation: si-'di-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin seditio, literally, separation, from sed apart + itio act of going, from ire to go
: the crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow or destruction —compare CRIMINAL SYNDICALISM, SABOTAGE —se·di·tious /-sh&s/ adjective —se·di·tious·ly adverb

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Sedition

Se*di"tion\, n. [OE. sedicioun, OF. sedition, F. s['e]dition, fr. L. seditio, originally, a going aside; hence, an insurrectionary separation; pref. se-, sed-, aside + itio a going, fr. ire, itum, to go. Cf. Issue.]

1. The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority.

In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. --Shak.

Noisy demagogues who had been accused of sedition. --Macaulay.

2. Dissension; division; schism. [Obs.]

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, . . . emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies. --Gal. v. 19, 20.

Syn: Insurrection; tumult; uproar; riot; rebellion; revolt. See Insurrection.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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