rebellionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/rɪˈbel.i.ən/us/rɪˈbel.i.ən/C1 violent action organized by a group of people who are trying to change the political system in their country:
The government has brutally crushed the rebellion.
action against those in authority, against the rules, or against normal and accepted ways of behaving:
a backbench rebellion against the new foreign policy
her teenage rebellion
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