rebellion
Meaning
- Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
- Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.
- An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
Concepts
rebellion
revolt
insurrection
mutiny
uprising
riot
insurgence
insurgency
resistance
sedition
treason
revolution
rising
opposition
uproar
commotion
defiance
insubordination
rebel
agitation
unrest
turmoil
civil war
hostility
insurgent
disobedience
disorder
stir
outbreak
strife
domestic conflict
treachery
antinomy
contradiction
going against
revolting
great uprising
war
insurrectionary
rise
riotrevolt
mutinousness rebelliousness
backtalk
objection
attitude
layover
pose
posture
stance
stand
standing
standstill
stasis
stop
unfaithfulness
bothered
disturbed
disturbance
outcry
transgression
recalcitrance
panic
declension
inclination
mischief
disquiet
alarm
upheaval
malice
anarchy
civil disturbance
mutineer
tempestuous
become different
change
transform
turn
vary
lifting
raising
rebellions
riser
upraising
uprest
putsch
protest
alter
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən/
Etymology
From Middle English rebellioun, rebellion, from Old French rebellion, from Latin rebelliō. Also see -ion.
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