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rebellion

re·bel·lion

rebellion

 
 
pronunciation:
ri bel yn
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: an uprising or armed resistance against established authority or a government.
synonyms:
insurgence, insurrection, revolt, uprising
antonyms:
obedience
similar words:
mutiny
definition 2: resistant defiance against what is conventional or restrictive.
similar words:
revolt
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)rebellion adolescent, armed, artistic, bloody, communist, counterrevolutionary, failed, feminist, full-scale, holy, internal, minor, nationalist, occasional, ongoing, open, outright, popular, separatist, short-lived, teen-age, teenage, tribal, violent, virtual, youthful  [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)rebellion aid, constitute, crush, finance, flee, foment, fuel, incite, initiate, launch, lead, prompt, provoke, quash, quell, risk, spark, stage, stamp, suppress
(n.)rebellion + verb brew, collapse, erupt, justify, originate, rebel, sow, topple, wage
noun + (n.)rebellion Help act, anger, attempt, boxer, discord, famine, flag, foment, grassroots, involvement, kerosene, leader, outbreak, peasant, protest, rage, rap, rebel, refrigerator, resentment, resistance, riot, ritual, sagebrush, sheikh, slave, slavery, sophistication, spirit, suffering, suppression, symbol, teen, timing, uprising, whiskey, whisky, youth [See all][See only the most frequent]
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The word rebellion contains the following part:
bell, belli Latin root that means war
synonyms:
pac