rebellion

Meaning

  1. Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
  2. Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.
  3. 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

C1
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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