rebellion English · revision 14923

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1340|origins=la rebellis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /rɪˈbel.jən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|rebellioun]], [[bor|fro|rebellion]] and directly [[la|rebelliō|t=rebellion, revolt, renewal of war]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|rebellis|t=insurgent, rebellious]] (see [[rebel]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) Collins notes that the Latin word was used of a revolt by the conquered.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Open defiance of or resistance to any authority: before 1340 in the OED.^(OED 1989) Etymonline gives war against a government, at first especially against God or Church authority, in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ An instance of rebellion is from 1382,^(OED 1989) and organized armed resistance to a ruler from about 1440.^(OED 1989) In law, now only in Scotland, rebellion was disobedience to a legal summons (1550).^(OED 1989) Two senses are obsolete: opposition or variance (1456) and the obstinacy of ulcers (1541).^(OED 1989) A rebellion was also a rebel (1461).^(OED 1989) Today it also covers dissent from accepted morals, dress or behaviour.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1340 – defiance of authority.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1382 – a rebellion.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1440 – armed resistance to a ruler.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1461 – a rebel (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1550 – disobedience to a summons (law).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Organized, often armed resistance to a government or ruler; a [[revolt]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Defiance of any authority or of accepted convention.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prerebellion]]

+ * [[subrebellion]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rebel]]

+ * [[rebellious]]

+ * [[bellicose]]

+ * [[duel]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}