To rebel is to go against authority.
(verb)The definition of a rebel is a person who stands up to or defies authority.
(noun)See rebel in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME < OFr rebelle < L rebellis, rebel, rebellious < rebellare: see rebelthe
adjective
intransitive verb rebel, rebelled, rebelling
Origin: ME rebellen < OFr rebeller < L rebellare < re-, again + bellare, to wage war < bellum, war: see duel
See rebel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb re·belled, re·bel·ling, re·bels
Origin:
Origin: Middle English rebellen
Origin: , from Old French rebeller
Origin: , from Latin rebellāre
Origin: : re-, re-
Origin: + bellāre, to make war (from bellum, war)
Origin: . N., Middle English, rebellious, rebel
Origin: , from Old French rebelle
Origin: , from Latin rebellis
Origin: , from rebellāre
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