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   Reb·el

   noun

   • 1. a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler: "Tory rebels" Similar revolutionaryinsurgentrevolutionistmutineeragitatorsubversiveguerrillaanarchistterroristfreedom fighterresistance fightertraitorrenegadehistorical:ZapatistaMontonerorare:insurrectionistinsurrectionaryinsurgentrevolutionarymutinousrebelliousmutinyingtraitorousrenegaderare:insurrectionaryinsurrectionist
   • ▪ a person who resists authority, control, or convention. Similar nonconformistdissenterdissidenticonoclastmaverickdisruptorhereticrecusantapostateschismaticinformal:bad boy

   verb

   • 1. rise in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or ruler: "the Earl of Pembroke subsequently rebelled against Henry III" Similar revoltmutinyriotrise uprise up in armstake up armsstage/mount a rebelliontake to the streetsdefy the authoritiesrefuse to obey ordersbe insubordinate
   • ▪ (of a person) resist authority, control, or convention: "respect did not prevent children from rebelling against their parents" Similar defydisobeyrefuse to obeyfloutkick againstchallengeopposeresistbe at odds withrefuse to accept the authority ofrepudiatedissentfly in the face ofkick over the tracesOpposite obeyconform
   • ▪ show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something: "as I came over the hill my legs rebelled—I could walk no further" Similar recoilshow/feel repugnanceshrink (from)flinch (from)shy away (from)pull back (from)

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French rebelle (noun), rebeller (verb), from Latin rebellis (used originally with reference to a fresh declaration of war by the defeated), based on bellum ‘war’.

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