Meaning
- (uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
- (countable) Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.
- (countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English rebellioun, rebellion, from Old French rebellion, from Latin rebelliō. Equivalent for rebel + -ion.
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