Organized opposition intended to change or overthrow existing authority

• uprising

  1. The act or an instance of rising or rising up.
  2. A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
  3. The action of rising up; specif., an outbreak against a government; revolt

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  1. The act or an instance of rising or rising up.
  2. A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
  3. The action of rising up; specif., an outbreak against a government; revolt

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• revolution

  1. Overthrow of a government, form of government, or social system by those governed and usually by forceful means, with another government or system taking its place
  2. Orbital motion about a point, especially as distinguished from axial rotation:
  3. A sudden or momentous change in a situation:

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  1. Overthrow of a government, form of government, or social system by those governed and usually by forceful means, with another government or system taking its place
  2. Orbital motion about a point, especially as distinguished from axial rotation:
  3. A sudden or momentous change in a situation:

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• revolt

  1. Any refusal to submit to or accept authority, custom, etc.
  2. An uprising, especially against state authority; a rebellion.
  3. A rising up against the government; rebellion; insurrection

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  1. Any refusal to submit to or accept authority, custom, etc.
  2. An uprising, especially against state authority; a rebellion.
  3. A rising up against the government; rebellion; insurrection

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• rebellion

  1. Open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government.
  2. Defiance toward an authority or established convention:
  3. (Countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.

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  1. Open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government.
  2. Defiance toward an authority or established convention:
  3. (Countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.

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• mutiny

  1. Revolt against and, often, forcible resistance to constituted authority; esp., rebellion of soldiers or sailors against their officers
  2. Open rebellion against constituted authority, especially rebellion of sailors against superior officers.

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  1. Revolt against and, often, forcible resistance to constituted authority; esp., rebellion of soldiers or sailors against their officers
  2. Open rebellion against constituted authority, especially rebellion of sailors against superior officers.

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• insurrection

  1. The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.
  2. A rising up against established authority; rebellion; revolt

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  1. The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.
  2. A rising up against established authority; rebellion; revolt

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• insurgency

  1. The quality, state, or fact of being insurgent
  2. Rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent
  3. An instance of rebellion; an insurgence.

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  1. The quality, state, or fact of being insurgent
  2. Rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent
  3. An instance of rebellion; an insurgence.

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• insurgence

  1. The action or an instance of rebellion; an insurrection.
  2. A rising in revolt; uprising; insurrection
  3. An uprising or rebellion; an insurrection

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  1. The action or an instance of rebellion; an insurrection.
  2. A rising in revolt; uprising; insurrection
  3. An uprising or rebellion; an insurrection

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Willful violation of allegiance to one's country

• treason

  1. (Now Rare) Betrayal of trust or faith; treachery
  2. The betrayal of allegiance toward one's own country, especially by committing hostile acts against it or aiding its enemies in committing such acts.
  3. Violation of the allegiance owed to one's sovereign or state; betrayal of one's country, specif., in the U.S. (as declared in the Constitution), consisting only in levying war against the U.S. or in giving aid and comfort to its enemies

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  1. (Now Rare) Betrayal of trust or faith; treachery
  2. The betrayal of allegiance toward one's own country, especially by committing hostile acts against it or aiding its enemies in committing such acts.
  3. Violation of the allegiance owed to one's sovereign or state; betrayal of one's country, specif., in the U.S. (as declared in the Constitution), consisting only in levying war against the U.S. or in giving aid and comfort to its enemies

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• traitorousness

  1. The state or quality of being traitorous.

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  1. The state or quality of being traitorous.

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• seditiousness

  1. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
  2. The quality of being seditious.

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  1. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
  2. The quality of being seditious.

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