Rebellion

Definition of rebellion:

part of speech: noun

Act of rebelling; revolt.

part of speech: noun

Act of rebelling: open opposition to lawful authority: revolt.

part of speech: noun

The act of taking up arms, or the state of being at war, against the government or its laws; resistance to authority; revolt.

Usage examples for rebellion:

• Thus ended the great rebellion "The Rebel of the School", Mrs. L. T. Meade.

• This rebellion of thought has not indeed yet been directly and openly manifested in the Council Hall. "Letters From Rome on the Council", Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger.

• He was the man who put down the rebellion "The Art of Public Speaking", Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein.