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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard rules; refuse to conform |
| Synonyms: | balk, be remiss, break rules, contravene, counteract, dare, decline, defy, desert, differ, disagree, evade, flout, fly in face of, go counter to, ignore, infringe, insurrect, misbehave, mutiny, neglect, not heed, not listen, not mind, object, overstep, pay no attention to, rebel, recalcitrate, resist, revolt, revolution, revolutionize, riot, rise in arms, run riot, set aside, shirk, strike, take law into own hands, transgress, violate, withstand |
| Antonyms: | conform, go along, obey, oblige, regard, submit |
| Main Entry: | insubordination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience |
| Synonyms: | defiance, dereliction, disregard, dissension, indiscipline, infringement, insurrection, mutiny, noncompliance, noncooperation, nonobservance, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sabotage |
| Main Entry: | insurrection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebellion |
| Synonyms: | coup, disorder, insurgence, insurgency, mutiny, revolt, revolution, riot, rising, sedition, uprising |
| Antonyms: | compliance, obedience, subordination |
| Main Entry: | mutiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defiance, resistance |
| Synonyms: | disobedience, insubordination, insurrection, refusal to obey, revolt, revolution, riot, rising, strike, uprising |
| Antonyms: | obedience, subservience |
| Main Entry: | outbreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden happening |
| Synonyms: | beginning, blowup, brawl, break, breaking, burst, bursting, commencement, commotion, convulsion, crack, crash, dawn, detonation, discharge, disorder, disruption, ebullition, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, flash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague, rebellion, rending, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, sundering, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, finale |
| Main Entry: | rebellion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience; revolt |
| Synonyms: | apostasy, defiance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, nonconformity, revolution, rising, schism, uprising |
| Notes: | rebellion is open resistance to a government or authority; revolution is a rebellion that succeeds in overthrowing the government and establishing a new one |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | revolt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uprising |
| Synonyms: | defection, displeasure, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolution, rising, sedition |
| Notes: | to revolt is to refuse to obey the constraints imposed by another; to rebel is to attempt to replace those constraints by a set of one's own |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revolving, turning |
| Synonyms: | cycle, gyration, reel, revolution, rotation, run, spin, trundling, turn, twirl, undulation, whirl |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cycle, stage |
| Synonyms: | ambit, beat, bout, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, compass, course, division, gyration, lap, level, performance, period, revolution, rotation, round trip, routine, schedule, sequence, series, session, succession, tour, turn, wheel, whirl |
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