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noun

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as in rebellion

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rebelling

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verb

present participle of rebel
as in revolting
to rise up against established authority the colonists rebelled in the wake of an onslaught of abuses

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  1. rebellion
  2. disobedience
  3. resisting
  4. noncompliance
  5. revolt
  6. recalcitrance
  7. defiance
Noun
  • Sofia’s haircut is an early sign of her rebellion; a shaggy mullet that calls back to Jane Fonda in the 1970s thriller Klute.
    Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • There are no major qualifications, but members of Congress and certain other office-holders are barred from participating, along with anyone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of rebellion
Noun
  • The disobedience that led to Braun’s removal from that gym might’ve been a trait that needed maturation, but the underlying swagger and cockiness are essential to what his current coach, Michael Malone, wants from him.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Whistle-blowing, by contrast, is closer to deliberate disobedience on the battlefield.
    Michael Walzer, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Definition of disobedience
Verb
  • In July, a 17-year-old girl was charged with resisting arrest and interfering with a law enforcement investigation.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Key Background Biden dropped out of the race on July 21 after resisting calls from within his own party for weeks to end his reelection bid in the wake of his disastrous performance in the June 27 debate.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of resisting
Noun
  • The Cannabis Control Division had already filed noncompliance and default orders earlier in the year against NNK Equity, accusing the company of serious regulatory violations.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Assets stored in unsecured places are more prone to data breaches, copyright issues and noncompliance with regulations.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of noncompliance
Noun
  • The recession generated populist revolts on the right (the Tea Party movement) and the left (the Occupy movement), and made what had appeared to be broad public acceptance of pro-market bromides seem like an illusion.
    Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Soviet Russians sent in tanks and shut down the revolt after several brutal days of bitter fighting.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of revolt
Noun
  • But recalcitrance among the top brass continued to thwart meaningful change.
    Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Trying to figure out how to deal with a man whose seems more wired for recalcitrance than responsiveness.
    Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
Definition of recalcitrance
Noun
  • The federal government has claimed sole jurisdiction to enforce immigration laws, so the enforcement provisions in Proposition 314 are in open defiance of the federal government.
    Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Although security forces violently ended the protests, since Amini’s death Iranian women and girls have at times removed their headscarves in public in defiance, and others around the world have joined in solidarity.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of defiance
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rebelled (against)

rebelling

rebelling (against)

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