rebellion

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
  2. Noun.  (countable) Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebeling.
  3. Noun.  (countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.

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