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rebelling

Variant of rebel

noun

  1. one who engages in armed resistance against the established government of one's country
  2. a person who resists any authority or controls
  3. ☆ a Confederate soldier in the Civil War: term used chiefly by Northerners

adjective

  1. rebellious
  2. of rebels

intransitive verb rebel, rebelled, rebelling

  1. to be a rebel against the established government of one's country
  2. to resist any authority or controls: to rebel against one's parents
  3. to feel or show strong aversion; be repelled: his mind rebels at the thought

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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