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1. (n.) rebellion
open, organized, and armed resistance to a government or ruler.
2. rebellion
resistance to or defiance of any authority, control, or tradition.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME rebellioun < OF < L rebelliō=rebell(āre) to rebel+-iō -ion)
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| Definition of 'rebellion' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) rebellion
refusal to accept some authority or code or convention
"each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue"
2. (noun) rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
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1. (noun) rebellion
the fact of rebelling against authority or rules
my rebellion against my parents
2. rebellion
the use of violence to remove a government from power; = uprising
the 1916 rebellion
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| Definition of 'rebellion' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) rebellion
the act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection
2. (verb) rebellion
open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. rebellion
name of two risings of Jacobites in Scotland to restore the exiled Stuart dynasty to the throne, one in behalf of the Pretender in 1715, headed by the Earl of Mar, and defeated at Sheriffmuir, and the other in behalf of the Young Chevalier, and defeated at Culloden in April 1746.
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Sense: an open or armed fight against a government etc.
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 Afrikaans: rebellie |
 Arabic: ثَوْرَه، تَمَرُّد |
 Bulgarian: въстание |
 Brazilian: rebelião |
 Czech: povstání |
 German: die Rebellion |
 Danish: opstand |
 Greek: επανάσταση |
 Spanish: rebelión |
 Estonian: mäss, ülestõus |
 Farsi: شورش |
 Finnish: kapina |
 French: rébellion |
 Hebrew: מֶרֶד |
 Hindi: बगावत |
 Croatian: ustanak, pobuna |
 Hungarian: felkelés |
 Indonesian: pemberontakan |
 Icelandic: uppreisn |
 Italian: ribellione |
 Japanese: 反乱 |
 Korean: 반란 |
 Lithuanian: maištas, sukilimas |
 Latvian: sacelšanās; dumpis |
 Malay: melawan kerajaan |
 Dutch: opstand |
 Norwegian: oppreisning, opprør |
 Polish: rewolta, powstanie |
 Persian: شورش |
 Pashto: بغاوت، سركشى، انحراف، ياغ |
 Portuguese: rebelião |
 Romanian: rebeliune |
 Russian: мятеж |
 Slovak: povstanie |
 Slovenian: vstaja |
 Serbian: pobuna |
 Swedish: uppror |
 Thai: การก่อกบฏ |
 Turkish: isyan, ayaklanma |
 Taiwanese: 武裝叛亂 |
 Ukrainian: повстання |
 Urdu: کسی حکومت کے خلاف منظم ، |
 Vietnamese: cuộc phiến loạn |
 Chinese: 武装叛乱 |
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