Mutiny

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  • noun. Open rebellion against constituted authority, especially rebellion of sailors against superior officers.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in mutiny.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Forcible resistance to or revolt against constituted authority on the part of subordinates; specifically, a revolt of soldiers or seamen, with or without armed resistance, against the authority of their commanding officers.
  • noun. Any rebellion against constituted authority; by statute under British rule, any attempt to excite opposition to lawful authority, particularly military or naval authority, or any act of contempt directed against officers, or disobedience of their commands; any concealment of mutinous acts, or neglect to take measures toward a suppression of them.
  • noun. Tumult; violent commotion.
  • noun. Discord; strife.
  • noun. Synonyms and Sedition, Revolt, etc. See insurrection.
  • To revolt against lawful authority, with or without armed resistance, especially in the army or navy; excite or be guilty of mutiny, or mutinous conduct.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination.
  • noun. Violent commotion; tumult; strife.
  • noun. an English statute reënacted annually to punish mutiny and desertion.
  • intransitive verb. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority.
  • intransitive verb. To fall into strife; to quarrel.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority; especially by seamen against their officers
  • verb. To commit mutiny.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
  • verb. engage in a mutiny against an authority
  • Word Usage
    "In a way, from the standpoint of her personal welfare, the mutiny is the best thing that could have happened to her."
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