Synonyms for rebellion
rɪˈbɛl yənre·bel·lion

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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 Anarchy refers to the condition of a state when human government is superseded or destroyed by factions or other causes.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.

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

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

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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. • Resistance

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1. rebellionnoun

   Synonyms:
   insurrection, sedition, revolt

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1. rebellionnoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "rebellion":

   insurgency, revolt, rebel, mutiny, uprising, insurgence, disobedience, insurrection, insurgent, absentia, rebels, revolution

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1. Russell Martin Stendal:

   Somebody set a trap for me, and I walked into it, they are accusing me of rebellion for the missionary trips and visits we have made to conflict zones distributing Bibles and radios.

2. Kahlil Gibran:

   Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.

3. Extinction Rebellion:

   This account is not managed by Extinction Rebellion UK or Extinction Rebellion East Midlands, and these messages are and so are not the movement.

4. Christiaan van der Spuy:

   Adolescence is a time of uncertainty, stuffed with expectations and glazed with rebellion

5. Thomas Jefferson:

   Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.