26984 words

rebellion

4 definitions • 5 examples
1
violent action organized by a group of people who are trying to change the political system in their country:

Examples:

The government has brutally crushed the rebellion.
2
action against those in authority, against the rules, or against normal and accepted ways of behaving:

Examples:

a backbench rebellion against the new foreign policy
her teenage rebellion
3
violent action organized by a group of people who refuse to accept their government’s power and are willing to use force to oppose it:

Examples:

[ C ] The African-American Nat Turner led an 1831 rebellion.
4
Rebellion is also a feeling of strong disagreement with an organization or with people in authority:

Examples:

[ U ] Many students were in rebellion against the older generation.

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