Rebellion - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |rɪˈbeljən|  American pronunciation of the word rebellion
Brit.  |rɪˈbeljən|  British pronunciation of the word rebellion

noun

- refusal to accept some authority or code or convention
each generation must have its own rebellion
his body was in rebellion against fatigue
- organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another (syn: insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising)

Extra examples

The king's army suppressed the rebellion.

The unfair tax laws sparked a rebellion.

The peasants rose in rebellion.

She's the head of a rebellion against the leaders of the party.

Recent election losses have led to open rebellion among some party members, who are calling for a complete change of leadership.

The Bretons rose in rebellion against the King.

But the most indelible evening of the rebellion for me was the night I had first got beaten.

...quickly repressed the rebellion in the provincial city and restored order...

...immediately squelched any signs of rebellion...

...taxation without representation proved to be the yeast of rebellion...

Ireland would be entered in rebellion.

She had flung all her energies into the rebellion.

After the attempted rebellion the opposition leader was incarcerated in prison for two years.

The troops put down the rebellion.

Ireland was still smoking with the embers of rebellion.

Word forms

noun
singular: rebellion
plural: rebellions
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