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 Anarchy refers to the condition of a state when human government is superseded or destroyed by factions or other causes.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

   The U.S. backed with a free trade agreement to give those small businesses a competitive advantage, and it’s working. We are seeing the end of the FARC rebellion in Colombia after 50-something years and it’s mainly because of business and trade.

2. Howard Eissenstat:

   In the end it'd be very difficult to have an effective party rebellion against someone whose position is secure ... and who has captured the imagination of such a large part of their base, the frustration is palpable.

3. Thomas Jefferson:

   The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then.

4. Gail Bradbrook:

   It's an Extinction Rebellion mythic story that's out there, but it's true, i was very gobsmacked and at the time I remember thinking,' goodness me, if he hadn't used that phrase, I wouldn't have recognized that this was my prayer being answered.'.

5. The King:

   The north of England was out of step with the rest of the country at this time – far more conservative and in favor of the traditions of the Catholic Church so open rebellion was a real threat, someone more in tune with the local situation may have convinced the King that such a cruel sentence would martyr the abbot and exacerbate problems in the northwest.