Another word for rebellion
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Noun
Organized opposition intended to change or overthrow existing authority
- A popular revolt against a government or its policies; a rebellion.
- The act or an instance of rising or rising up.
- Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.
- Insurrection; rebellion.
- Orbital motion about a point, especially as distinguished from axial rotation:
- A turning or rotational motion about an axis.
- A single complete cycle of such orbital or axial motion.
- To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.
- To oppose or refuse to accept something:
- To feel disgust or repugnance:
- Open rebellion against constituted authority, especially rebellion of sailors against superior officers.
- To engage in mutiny.
- The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.
- The quality or circumstance of being rebellious.
- An instance of rebellion; an insurgence.
- The action or an instance of rebellion; an insurrection.
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Another word for rebellion
Noun
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- The act or an instance of resisting or the capacity to resist.
- A force that tends to oppose or retard motion.
- An underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation.
- The act or an example of defying; bold resistance to an opposing force or authority.
- Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude; readiness to contend or resist.
- To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.
- To oppose or refuse to accept something:
- To feel disgust or repugnance:
- The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.
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