noun. The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.

noun. A rising up; uprising.

noun. The act of rising against civil authority or governmental restraint; specifically, the armed resistance of a number of persons to the power of the state; incipient or limited rebellion.

noun. A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.

noun. A rising in mass to oppose an enemy.

noun. An organized opposition to an authority; a mutiny; a rebellion

noun. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

"On December 18, he placed under sequestration the property of a number of citizens of Moulins, "because," as he cynically observed, "_the beginning of the insurrection leaves no doubt_ as to the part they took _in the insurrection_, and in the pillaging in the department of the Allier.""

rebellion  

insurrectionary  insurrectionist  

battle  conflict  struggle  

Indian Mutiny  Peasants' Revolt  Sepoy Mutiny  great revolt  insurgence  

advection  affection  circumspection  collection  complexion  

agitation  anarchy  bloodshed  conspiracy  discontent  

insurgence  mutiny  rebellion  revolt  sedition