rebellion

See also: Rebellion and rébellion

English

Etymology

From Middle English rebellioun, rebellion, from Old French rebellion, from Latin rebellio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈbɛli.ən/

Noun

rebellion (countable and uncountable, plural rebellions)

  1. (uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
    The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country.
  2. (countable) Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.
    Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents.
  3. (countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
    The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country.

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French

Noun

rebellion f (plural rebellions)

  1. Alternative form of rébellion

Middle English

Noun

rebellion

  1. Alternative form of rebellioun
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