Organized opposition intended to change or overthrow existing authority

• uprising

  1. A popular revolt against a government or its policies; a rebellion.
  2. The act or an instance of rising or rising up.

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  1. A popular revolt against a government or its policies; a rebellion.
  2. The act or an instance of rising or rising up.

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• sedition

  1. Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.
  2. Insurrection; rebellion.

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  1. Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.
  2. Insurrection; rebellion.

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• revolution

  1. Orbital motion about a point, especially as distinguished from axial rotation:
  2. A turning or rotational motion about an axis.
  3. A single complete cycle of such orbital or axial motion.

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  1. Orbital motion about a point, especially as distinguished from axial rotation:
  2. A turning or rotational motion about an axis.
  3. A single complete cycle of such orbital or axial motion.

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• revolt

  1. To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.
  2. To oppose or refuse to accept something:
  3. To feel disgust or repugnance:

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  1. To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.
  2. To oppose or refuse to accept something:
  3. To feel disgust or repugnance:

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• rebellion

  1. Open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government.
  2. An instance of this.
  3. Defiance toward an authority or established convention:

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  1. Open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government.
  2. An instance of this.
  3. Defiance toward an authority or established convention:

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• insurrection

  1. The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.

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  1. The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.

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• insurgency

  1. The quality or circumstance of being rebellious.
  2. An instance of rebellion; an insurgence.

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  1. The quality or circumstance of being rebellious.
  2. An instance of rebellion; an insurgence.

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• insurgence

  1. The action or an instance of rebellion; an insurrection.

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  1. The action or an instance of rebellion; an insurrection.

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To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force a government or ruling authority

• rise

  1. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
  2. To get out of bed:
  3. To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend:

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  1. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
  2. To get out of bed:
  3. To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend:

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• revolt

  1. To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.
  2. To oppose or refuse to accept something:
  3. To feel disgust or repugnance:

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  1. To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.
  2. To oppose or refuse to accept something:
  3. To feel disgust or repugnance:

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• rebel

  1. To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.
  2. To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.
  3. To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance:

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  1. To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.
  2. To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.
  3. To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance:

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