-
nounorganized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
Similar:
-
"each generation must have its own rebellion" "his body was in rebellion against fatigue"nounrefusal to accept some authority or code or conventiontype of:
Definition that contains rebellion
- north British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
- rise take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- turner United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
- rebel take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- rebel a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
- boxer a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China
- arise take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- percy English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)
- mutiny open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
- incendiary arousing to action or rebellion