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rebellion(dictionary)
Rebellion(law)
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REBELLION, crim(law)
REBELLION, COMMISSION OF(law)
PROCLAMATION OF REBELLION, Eng(law)
Whiskey Rebellion(encyclopedia)
Taiping Rebellion(encyclopedia)

rebellion (iou)



rebellion noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French rebellion from Latin rebellio(n-), from rebellis: see REBEL adjective & noun, -ION.]
Open or determined disobedience or resistance to an authority. ME.
(An) organized armed resistance to the established government or ruler; (an) insurrection, (a) revolt; spec. (English History) either of the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745. LME.
b. Law (now Hist.). Refusal to obey a legal command or summons; the penalty for this. LME.
Phrases: the Great Rebellion the period of English history from 1642 to 1651.