Antonyms for rebellion
rɪˈbɛl yənre·bel·lion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.6 / 5 votes

1. rebellion

   The essential idea of revolution is a change in the form of government or constitution, or a change of rulers, otherwise than as provided by the laws of succession, election, etc.; while such change is apt to involve armed hostilities, these make no necessary part of the revolution. The revolution by which Dom Pedro was dethroned, and Brazil changed from an empire to a republic, was accomplished without a battle, and almost without a shot. Anarchy refers to the condition of a state when human government is superseded or destroyed by factions or other causes. Lawlessness is a temper of mind or condition of the community which may result in anarchy. Confusion, disorder, riot, and tumult are incidental and temporary outbreaks of lawlessness, but may not be anarchy. Insubordination is individual disobedience. Sedition is the plotting, rebellion the fighting, against the existing government, but always with the purpose of establishing some other government in its place. When rebellion is successful it is called revolution; but there may be revolution without rebellion; as, the English Revolution of 1688. A revolt is an uprising against existing authority without the comprehensive views of change in the form or administration of government that are involved in revolution. Anarchy, when more than temporary disorder, is a proposed disintegration of society, in which it is imagined that social order might exist without government. Slaves make insurrection; soldiers or sailors break out in mutiny; subject provinces rise in revolt. Compare SOCIALISM.

   Antonyms:
   authority, command, control, domination, dominion, empire, government, law, loyalty, obedience, order, rule, sovereignty, submission, supremacy

   Synonyms:
   anarchy, confusion, disintegration, disorder, insubordination, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, revolt, revolution, riot, sedition, tumult

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1. • Resistance

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1. rebellionnoun

   refusal to accept some authority or code or convention

   "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue"

   Synonyms:
   revolt, uprising, rising, insurrection

2. rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprisingnoun

   organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

   Synonyms:
   rising, insurrection, ascension, rise, ascent, uprising, revolt

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1. rebellionnoun

   Synonyms:
   insurrection, insurgency, mutiny, sedition, revolt, insubordination

How to use rebellion in a sentence?

1. David Doniger:

   She cut the budget and dismantled the laws, fired the scientists -- or at least ignored them, etc., what happened with Gorsuch is that she got about two years into this mission of destroying the agency and there was a broad rebellion that manifested in the media and in public opinion and in the Democratically-controlled Congress.

2. Chen Nian:

   The contradictory traits of a' thug' and Peppa Pig make people laugh, peppa Pig's an act of subculture rebellion.

3. Bob Iger:

   We're pushing the limits of imagination and innovation, we'll actually blur the lines for our guests between fantasy and reality and put them right in the middle of the rebellion and give them an active role in a fight against the First Order.

4. Jennifer Lawrence:

   I call this tattoo a watered-down rebellion, i was with Liam’s family and everybody was getting tattoos. And I was like, ‘Well, I’m always going to need to be hydrated.’ So I guess I should just get H2O on my hand.

5. Franklin Graham:

   The idea that there is a LGBTQ theme in the Bible is a lie, when homosexuality is mentioned in the Bible, it is sin—rebellion against God and associated with His judgment.

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