Meaning

• Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.

  "The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country."

• Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.

  "Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents."

• An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.

  "The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country."