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▪ I. rebellion1|rɪˈbɛljən|
Forms: 4–5 rebellyoun, 4–6 -ioun; 5 rebylione, -billion, -belyone, 5–6 rebellyon(e, 4– rebellion.
[a. F. rébellion (14th c.), ad. L. rebelliōn-em a renewal of war, revolt, rebellion, f. rebell-is rebel a.]
1. Organized armed resistance to the ruler or government of one's country; insurrection, revolt.
c1440Promp. Parv. 425/1 Rebellyone, or vnbuxumnesse, rebellio. c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. iii. (1885) 114 He wolde not sett any such charges..vppon the nobles for fere of rebillion. 1542–5Brinklow Lament. (1874) 107 They teache sedycyon, & cause rebellyon agaynst the hygher powers. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, ii. iii. 109 In grosse Rebellion, and detested Treason. 1667Milton P.L. xii. 36 He..from Rebellion shall derive his name, Though of Rebellion others he accuse. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. xlvi. (1869) II. 717 Every province of the empire was ripe for rebellion. 1857Buckle Civiliz. I. xii. 686 There can be no doubt that rebellion is the last remedy against tyranny.
b. With a and pl. An instance of this.
the Great Rebellion, the civil war of 1642–9 and the Commonwealth government of 1649–60. In Sc. Hist. the name of Rebellion is spec. applied to the risings of 1715 and 1745, and in U.S. Hist. to the Civil War of 1861–5.
1382Wyclif 1 Kings xi. 27 The cause of the rebellioun aȝens hym. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. 62 He was sent be Nero to Palestyn, for to withstand the rebellion of Iewis. 1511–2Act 3 Hen. VIII, c. 17 §2 As..yf the same treasones rebellyones & oder mysdedes..hadde never be doone. 1602Shakes. Ham. iv. v. 121 What is the cause..That thy Rebellion lookes so Gyant-like? 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §1 To present to the world a full and clear narration of the grounds, circumstances, and artifices of this Rebellion. 1746Ascanus 273 The Duke of Perth..had for some Time been suspected by the Government before the Rebellion broke out. 1838Thirlwall Greece xiv. II. 198 His meditated expedition had been delayed by a rebellion which broke out at Babylon. 1861Longfellow in Life (1891) II. 418 John Bull is not behaving well about this Rebellion.
c. Law (now only Sc. Law). Disobedience to a legal summons or command; also ellipt., the fact of being regarded as a rebel on account of such disobedience.
1550Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 102 Under the pane of rebellioun. 1607Cowell Interpr. s.v., Commission of rebellion..is otherwise called a writte of rebellion.., and it hath vse, when a man after proclamation..to present himselfe to the court by a certaine day, appeareth not. 1666–88Dallas Stiles (1697) 289 All Goods, Gear,..that shall happen to fall..to him in any time coming during his Rebellion. 1720T. Wood Inst. Laws Eng. iv. i. (1722) 463 If a Non est Inventus is Return'd, then an Attachment with Proclamation of Rebellion Goes against Him; and if He stands further out in Contempt, then a Commission of Rebellion may be issued. a1768Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. v. §61 All moveables belonging to the rebel [at] the time of his rebellion..fall under his single escheat, whether the rebellion proceeds on denunciation, or on conviction in a criminal trial. 1882Watson Bell's Dict. Law Scot. s.v.
2. Open or determined defiance of, or resistance to, any authority or controlling power.
a1340Hampole Psalter ix. 6 Þe swerdis of oure enmy ere þe rebellions of þe deuel. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 141 He was bounde by lawe..To pay his dymes, and for rebellioun I cursyd hym. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 43 Without ony murmur rebellioun or contradictioun. 1595Shakes. John iii. i. 289 Thy later vows, against thy first, Is in thy selfe rebellion to thy selfe. 1715De Foe Fam. Instruct. i. iv. (1841) I. 92 Contempt of God, and rebellion against your parents. 1781Cowper Hope 565 His aim was mischief,..His speech rebellion against common sense. 1885E. Garrett (Mrs. Mayo) At any Cost xiii. 235 Perhaps some rebellion against his destiny accounts for his atheism.
†b. Of ulcers: Obstinacy. Obs.—1
1541R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 D iv, It happeneth that some vlceres and diseases are contumacy and rebellyon [sic] to heale. Howbeit indicacyon curatyfe is nat taken of this contumacy and rebellyon.
†c. Opposition, variance. Obs. rare.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 78 Now spere I..gif man suld have this rebellioun and contrarietee, ane agaynis ane othir, quhen thai ar of divers complexiouns?
▪ II. † reˈbellion2 Obs.
[ad. late Lat. rebelliōn-em, f. as prec.]
A rebel.
1461Paston Lett. II. 27 The seyd Stapylton, &c., makyn gret gaderyngs of the Kyngs rebelyones, lying in wayte to morder me. 1543Grafton Contn. Harding 437 Anye manne beyng a traytoure or rebellion hertofore to hys grace. |