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What is the verb for rebellion?

What's the verb for rebellion? Here's the word you're looking for.

rebel
  1. (intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “These colonial taxation policies are refused and once again Englishmen rebel against their King in defense of Liberty.”
      “We must settle for nothing less than leaders who rebel against the beliefs and models that no longer apply.”
      “Any program that your mind interprets as punishment is one your mind is bound to rebel against.”
rebels
rebelleth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of rebel
rebelled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of rebel
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    1. “Ancient traditions regarding this apostate leader show that he rebelled against God, and in so doing, created a worldwide apostasy.”
      “My siblings and I had often rebelled against this time of quietude as young children, but as grew older, it became sacred to us.”
      “Aristede paid tribute to national hero Toussaint L' Ouverture, the leader of African slaves who rebelled against the French colonial government.”
rebelling
  1. present participle of rebel
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    1. “Marina is the superficially assured yet vulnerable one, naughty, stroppy, self-serving and extrovert, rebelling against her unstable home life.”
      “Instead of these ancient bones heralding the rise and rise of man, they are actually a warning against rebelling against God and losing all.”
      “He summoned Luther to Rome to answer charges of heresy and rebelling against church authority.”
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