- (v.i.) Open resistance to or defiance of, lawful authority.
- (v.i.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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