violent action organized by a group of people who are trying to change the political system in their country:
The government has brutally crushed the rebellion.
action against those in authority, against the rules, or against normal and accepted ways of behaving:
a backbench rebellion against the new foreign policy
her teenage rebellion
violent action organized by a group of people who refuse to accept their government’s power and are willing to use force to oppose it:
[ C ] The African-American Nat Turner led an 1831 rebellion.
Rebellion is also a feeling of strong disagreement with an organization or with people in authority:
[ U ] Many students were in rebellion against the older generation.