REBELLION
\ɹɪbˈɛli͡ən], \ɹɪbˈɛliən], \ɹ_ɪ_b_ˈɛ_l_iə_n]\
Definitions of REBELLION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
By Princeton University
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organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection.
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Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.
By Oddity Software
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The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection.
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Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of taking up arms, or the state of being at war, against the government or its laws; resistance to authority; revolt.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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