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noun

Rebel n. One who rebels.

Synonyms: Revolter; insurgent. Rebel, Insurgent. Insurgent marks an early, and rebel a more advanced, stage of opposition to government. The former rises up against his rulers, the latter makes war upon them.

verb

Rebel v. i. (past & past part. rebelled; pres. part. rebelling)

To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion. "The murmur and the churls' rebelling." "Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord."

To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt. "How could my hand rebel against my heart? How could your heart rebel against your reason?"

adjective

Rebel adj. Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops. "Whoso be rebel to my judgment." "Convict by flight, and rebel to all law."

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Etymology of 'Rebel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rebel" Quotes from Famous Books

... have been given a strangely perfect nature. As you say, you seem to have nothing to do with the matter. You have even been inclined to rebel against your gift. But, take my advice. Cherish it. Don't play with it, as you have been playing. Remember, if you lose heaven, the space once filled by heaven will ...

— Flames • Robert Smythe Hichens

... I rebel at sickness as much as I do at death. The scheme of existence does not appeal to me, at the moment, as the most perfect which a highly imaginative Creator could have invented. My transcendental philosophy seems a pretty good working article when things ...

— The Letters of Franklin K. Lane • Franklin K. Lane

... during all that time, thought of crying to God for mercy, for as long as a man continues to ascribe his sins and their consequences to "fate," he is a rampant and wilful, besides being an unphilosophical, rebel against his Maker. ...

— The Madman and the Pirate • R.M. Ballantyne

... Leonardo dei Medici, vicar of the archbishopric of Florence, to obtain the punishment of the rebel: Leonardo, in obedience to the orders he received, from Rome, issued a mandate forbidding the faithful to attend at Savonarola's sermons. After this mandate, any who should hear the discourses of the excommunicated monk would be refused communion ...

— Celebrated Crimes, Complete • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... estafette to wait his Majesty here. Majesty has read with open eyes and throat: Letter from the Crown-Prince to Lieutenant Katte in Berlin: treasonous Flight-project now indisputable as the sun at noon!—His Majesty stept on board the Yacht in such humor as was never seen before: "Detestable rebel and deserter, scandal of scandals—!"—it is confidently written everywhere (though Seckendorf diplomatically keeps silence), his Majesty hustled and tussled the unfortunate Crown-Prince, poked the handle of his cane into his face and made the nose bleed,—"Never did a Brandenburg face ...

— History of Friedrich II of Prussia V 7 • Thomas Carlyle

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