Rebellion Definition

rĭ-bĕlyən
noun
An act or state of armed resistance to one's government.
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A defiance of or opposition to any kind of authority or control.
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(countable) 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.
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Noun

Singular:
rebellion
Plural:
rebellions

Origin of Rebellion

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin rebelliō rebelliōn- from rebellāre to rebel rebel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rebellion Sentence Examples

  • Alva was now free to deal with rebellion in the north.

  • The Astrakhan rebellion (1706), which affected all the districts under his government, shook Peter's confidence in him, and seriously impaired his position.

  • I found out there's a way for the rebellion to permanently remove me from my position.

  • Anyway, he expired two days later in the guardhouse of the citadel of St Petersburg, two days after the senate had condemned him to death for imagining rebellion against his father, and for hoping for the co-operation of the common people and the armed intervention of his brother-in-law, the emperor.

  • The country round is fertile and well cultivated, and the place must have been one of considerable wealth before the T'aip'ing rebellion, as the ruins of many fine temples attest.

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Words Starting With

RREREB

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With R and Ending With N

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