rebellion

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun refusal to accept some authority or code or convention
noun organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

From Middle English rebellioun, rebellion, from Old French rebellion, from Latin rebelliō. Equivalent for rebel + -ion.

History of the Rebellion, ii. — Microcosmography: or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters, John Earle
She was glad of her rebellion. — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
His rebellion against authority began early. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

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