(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is an illegal and often violent attempt by a group of people to change their country’s political system.
It was undeniably a ~ by ordinary people against their leaders...
= rebellion
N-VAR
2.
When people ~, they make an illegal and often violent attempt to change their country’s political system.
In 1375 the townspeople ~ed...
VERB: V
3.
A ~ by a person or group against someone or something is a refusal to accept the authority of that person or thing.
The prime minister is facing a ~ by party activists over his refusal to hold a referendum...
= rebellion
N-VAR
4.
When people ~ against someone or something, they reject the authority of that person or reject that thing.
The prime minister only reacted when three of his senior cabinet colleagues ~ed and resigned in protest on Friday night...
Caroline ~ed against her ballet training at sixteen.
= rebel
VERB: V, V against n