- rebellion - refusal to accept some authority or code or convention; "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue"
--1 is a kind of resistance
Derived form: verb rebel2 - rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
--2 is a kind of conflict, struggle, battle
--2 has particulars:insurgency, insurgence; intifada, intifadah; mutiny; Peasant's Revolt, Great Revolt; Indian Mutiny, Sepoy Mutiny Derived form: verb rebel1