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Definition of Rebellion

Rebellion

  1. 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.
  2. Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.

Rebellion Quotations

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin

Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.
Eminem

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
Albert Camus

Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.
Khalil Gibran

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
Albert Camus
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Rebellion Translations

rebellion in Danish is opstand
rebellion in Dutch is muiterij, onlusten, opstand
rebellion in French is insurrection
rebellion in German is Aufstand, Rebellion
rebellion in Italian is ribellione
rebellion in Swedish is resning, uppror

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