rebellion | ||
1. | [ noun ] (politics) refusal to accept some authority or code or convention | |
Examples: | "each generation must have its own rebellion" "his body was in rebellion against fatigue" |
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Related terms: | resistance rebel | |
2. | [ noun ] (politics) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | |
Synonyms: | revolt insurrection uprising rising | |
Related terms: | conflict mutiny Peasant's_Revolt intifada insurgency intifada indian_mutiny rebel | |
Similar spelling: |
rebelling repelling refueling repellingly revealing repellent repellant refilling repellently |