# rebellion

Pronunciation: US say "ri-BEL-ee-uhn" /ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən/; UK

## Noun

1. The use of armed force to resist a ruler or the government in power.
   - Simple: Fighting with weapons against the government or ruler of a country.
   - _The border provinces have been in open rebellion since the conscription order was announced._
   - _Decades of harsh rule finally drove the peasants to rebellion._
2. The act of defying those in authority or refusing to submit to their control.
   - Simple: Refusing to obey people in charge, like parents, teachers, or other leaders.
   - _His decision to quit law school was a quiet rebellion against his family's expectations._
   - _The warehouse staff staged a brief rebellion, refusing to clock in until the new schedule was scrapped._
3. An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land, aimed at replacing it with another form of government.
   - Simple: A planned fight by a group to remove a government and replace it with a new one.
   - _The rebellion collapsed when its leaders failed to win over the garrisons stationed in the capital._
   - _Leaders of the rebellion announced their aim of dissolving the monarchy and founding a republic._

## Origin

This word comes through Middle English "rebellioun" from Old French "rebellion," which goes back to Latin "rebelliō." It is equivalent to "rebel" plus the suffix "-ion."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/rebellion (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).