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   Re·bel·lion

   /rəˈbelyən/

   

   noun

   • 1. an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler: "the authorities put down a rebellion by landless colonials" Similar uprisingrevoltinsurrectionmutinyrevolutioninsurgenceinsurgencyrisingriotingriotcivil disobediencecivil disorderunrestanarchyfighting in the streetscoupregime changecoup d'étatjacquerieputsch
   • ▪ the action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention: "an act of teenage rebellion" Similar defiancedisobediencerebelliousnessinsubordinationmutinousnesssubversionsubversivenessresistancedissentnonconformityheresyapostasyschismrecusancyarchaic:contumacyOpposite obedience

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin rebellio(n-), from rebellis (see rebel).

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