rebellion

/ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən/noun
Middle School
1

Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.

2

Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.

3

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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