rebellion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   refusal to accept some authority or code or convention

   each generation must have its own rebellion

2. 2
   noun

   Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.

   The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country.

3. 3
   noun

   Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.

   Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents.

4. 4
   noun

   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.

5. 5
   noun

   organized opposition to authority

Etymology

From Middle English rebellioun, rebellion, from Old French rebellion, from Latin rebelliō. Equivalent for rebel + -ion.