rebellion

Noun
  1. Refusal to accept some authority or code or convention (synset 101179817)
    "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue"
    is a type of: resistance - group action in opposition to those in power
  2. Organized opposition to authority;
    A conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another (synset 100964240)
    is a type of: battle, conflict, struggle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
    subtypes:
    • insurgence, insurgency - an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
    • intifada, intifadah - an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000
    • mutiny - open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
    specific instances:
    • great revolt, peasant's revolt - a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II
    • indian mutiny, sepoy mutiny - discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow)
    same as: insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising

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