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Another word for rebellion

Noun

  1. Organized opposition intended to change or overthrow existing authority

    2. See also:

    resist

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Another word for rebellion

Noun
    2. See also:

    revolution

    disobedience

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Sentence Examples

  • Alva was now free to deal with rebellion in the north.

  • Jonathan had reached puberty in full rebellion, which was one of the reasons she didn't think he should have a cell phone.

  • Anyway, he expired two days later in the guardhouse of the citadel of St Petersburg, two days after the senate had condemned him to death for imagining rebellion against his father, and for hoping for the co-operation of the common people and the armed intervention of his brother-in-law, the emperor.

  • The Astrakhan rebellion (1706), which affected all the districts under his government, shook Peter's confidence in him, and seriously impaired his position.

  • I found out there's a way for the rebellion to permanently remove me from my position.

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