Dictionary Entry
rebellion
rebellion is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses
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- 1intransitive verb
The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection.
- 2intransitive verb
Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.
- 3noun
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
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- 4noun
refusal to accept some authority or code or convention
"each generation must have its own rebellion"
"his body was in rebellion against fatigue"
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