rebellion
noun/ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən/
Etymology
From Middle English rebellioun, rebellion, from Old French rebellion, from Latin rebelliō. Equivalent for rebel + -ion.
- derived from rebelliō
- derived from rebellion
- inherited from rebellioun
Definitions
Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
- The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country.
Defiance of authority or control
Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.
- Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents.
An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with…
An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
- The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country.
The neighborhood
- synonymuprising
- antonymobedienceantonym(s) of “defiance of authority or control”
- antonymsubmissionantonym(s) of “defiance of authority or control”
- neighborrebel
- neighborrebellious
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for rebellion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA