See also: Rebellion and rébellion

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From Middle English rebellioun, rebellion, from Old French rebellion, from Latin rebellio. Also see -ion.

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  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən/
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rebellion (countable and uncountable, plural rebellions)

 
The Boston Massacre, a result of rebellion, and one of the starting events of the Revolutionary War.
  1. (uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
    The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country.
  2. (countable) Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.
    Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents.
  3. (countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
    The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country.

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rebellion f (plural rebellions)

  1. Alternative form of rébellion

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  • (Milanese) IPA(key): /rebeˈljũː/

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rebellion f

  1. rebellion

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rebellion

  1. Alternative form of rebellioun