Defenition of the word rebellion

• Defenition of the word rebellion

  • Collective violent action against an established power or arbitrary authority.
  • refusal to accept some authority or code or convention; "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue"
  • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
  • refusal to accept some authority or code or convention

Synonyms for the word rebellion

• • insurgence
  • insurrection
  • mutiny
  • revolt
  • revolution
  • rising
  • upheaval
  • uprising

Similar words in the rebellion

• • rebellion
  • rebellion's
  • rebellions

Hyponyms for the word rebellion

• • Great Revolt
  • Indian Mutiny
  • insurgence
  • insurgency
  • intifada
  • intifadah
  • mutiny
  • Peasant's Revolt
  • Sepoy Mutiny

Hypernyms for the word rebellion

• • battle
  • conflict
  • resistance
  • struggle

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