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rebellion

noun as in disobedience; revolt

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Dozens of tenants at an affordable housing complex for arts and entertainment workers are in rebellion amid a dispute over a rent increase and other alleged issues at the Hollywood property.

Historians say the colonial administrators put down any rebellions and often burnt Naga villages to subdue them, in the process erasing much of their important cultural markers such as paintings, engravings and artefacts.

From BBC

But it was part of the slow burn of my rebellion, of a deconstruction of the woman I’d been conditioned to be.

From Salon

The organisation was founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary leader who headed the Wagner Group until he launched a rebellion against Moscow and died in a plane crash.

From BBC

The cardinal feared that liberation theology's "Marxist ideas" would foster rebellion and division, even labelling it as a "fundamental threat to the faith of the Church".

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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