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revolt
noun
- a rising up against the government; rebellion; insurrection
- any refusal to submit to or accept authority, custom, etc.
- the state of a person or persons revolting
intransitive verb
- to rise up against the government
- to refuse to submit to authority, custom, etc.; rebel; mutiny
- to turn away (from) in revulsion
- to be disgusted or shocked; feel repugnance: with at or against
transitive verb
to fill with revulsion; disgust
Related Forms:
- revolter noun
See revolt in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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