re·bel·lion  (r ĭ-b ĕl y ən)
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n.1. a. Open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government. b. An instance of this. 2. a. Defiance toward an authority or established convention: an act of adolescent rebellion. b. An instance of this.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rebelliō, rebelliōn-, from rebellāre, to rebel; see REBEL.] |
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