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Rebellion

Definitions: Rebellion

Rebellion

Noun

1. Refusal to accept some authority or code or convention; "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue".

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "rebellion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Rebellion

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Rebellion (The). The revolts in behalf of the House of Stuart in 1715 and 1745; the former in behalf of the Chevalier de St. George, son of James II., called the Old Pretender, and the latter in favour of Charles Edward, usually termed the Young Pretender.
The Great Rebellion. The revolt of the Long Parliament against Charles I. (1642-1646.)
The Great Irish Rebellion, 1789. It was caused by the creation of numerous Irish societies hostile to England, especially that called "The United Irishmen." There have been eight or nine other rebellions. In 1365 the Irish applied to France for soldiers; in 1597 they offered the crown of Ireland to Spain; in 1796 they concluded a treaty with the French Directory. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Multilingual Slang

Kurdish (serhildan). (references)

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Specialty Definition: Rebellion

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

1. rebellion -- (refusal to accept some authority or code or convention; "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue") 2. rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising -- (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rebellion."

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Synonyms: Rebellion

Synonyms: insurrection (n), revolt (n), rising (n), uprising (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Rebellion

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Disobedience

Revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, insurrection, emeute; riot, tumult; (disorder); strike;(resistance); barring out; defiance.

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Crosswords: Rebellion

English words defined with "rebellion": ariseBarringoutCommission of rebellionEarl marshal of Scotland, Earl of Leicesterfind, Frederick North, freedom fighterGreat RevoltHarry Hotspur, Hotspurincendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, insurgency, insurgent, insurrectionistMontfort, mutineer, mutinyNat Turner, northPeasant's Revolt, Percy, Pontiacrabble-rousing, rebel, rise, rise upsardonic, Second Earl of Guilford, seditious, see, Simon de Montfort, Sir Henry Percy, Stiff neckTo put down, To stamp out, Turnerwitness, wry. (references)
Specialty definitions using "rebellion": Abbess, AsnapperBattle of the Whips, Bloody AssizesCampbells are Coming, Caterpillars, Catilines, Chinese GordonFeather in Your Cap, Field of the Forty Footsteps, Fighting Prelate, Fish in Troubled WaterGiona, GrantortoJonasLobstersMad Parliament, Mahanaim, Mar's Year, Mathisen, Merathaim, Mered, Monmouth StreetOaks Famous in Story, OberthalScullabogue Massacre, Seremenes, Standards, SUBWAYwar and civil war exclusion clause, Wexford Bridge Massacre. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Rebellion" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

German (rebellion, rebelliousness, revolt).

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Modern Usage: Rebellion

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I told you she would never consciously betray the Rebellion. (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas)

Great storms announce themselves with a single breeze, and a single random spark can ignite the fires of rebellion. (Ladyhawke; writing credit: Edward Khmara)

A thrilling space saga of romance, rebellion, and household appliances! (Hardware Wars; writing credit: Ernie Fosselius)

Rebellion is the only thing that keeps you alive! (Girl on a Motorcycle; writing credit: Jack Cardiff; Ronald Duncan)

Fat George has declared us in rebellion, why in bloody hell can't they? (1776; writing credit: Sherman Edwards; Peter Stone)

Clever

Rebellion is the mother of wrong actions. (references; author: unknown)

Rules without relationship equals rebellion. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Irish Whiskey Rebellion (1972)

Teenage Rebellion (1967)

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967)

A Small Rebellion (1966)

The Love Rebellion (1965)

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Commercial Usage: Rebellion

DomainTitle

Books

  • Slaves Who Abolished Slavery: Blacks in Rebellion (reference)

  • The Lives and Times of the Patriots: An Account of the Rebellion in Upper Canada, 1837-1838, and of the Patriot Agitation in the United States, 1837-1 (reference)

  • The Holy War in Los Altos: A Regional Analysis of Mexico's Cristero Rebellion (reference)

  • Andre Gide's Politics : Rebellion and Ambivalence (reference)

  • War, Taxation and Rebellion in Early Tudor England: Henry Viii, Wolsey, and the Amicable Grant of 1525 (reference)

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Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

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Image Slideshow: Rebellion

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Rebellion

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Engraving from Harper's "History of the Great Rebellion, 1860-65", page 449, depicting the U.S. Ram Queen of the West attacking the Confederate steamer City of Vicksburg off Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 2 February 1863.Credit: NAVY.

Photostat reproduction of a chart, redrawn from the "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion", entitled "Approaches to Charleston, S.C.". It shows the positions of the wrecks of U.S. Navy ships Weehawken, Keokuk, Patapsco and Housatonic, as well as the location where USS New Ironsides spent two hours over a "torpedo" on 7 April 1863.Credit: NAVY.

The end of the rebellion in the United States, 1865.Credit: Library of Congress.

The outbreak of the rebellion in the United States 1861.Credit: Library of Congress.

Young American crushing rebellion and sedition.Credit: Library of Congress.

The Union defenders certificate in support & defense of the government, the Union and the Constitution of the United States against the great rebellion.Credit: Library of Congress.

The reason of the Indian outbreak General Miles declares that the Indians are starved into rebellion.Credit: Library of Congress.

The singing comedian, Andrew Mack in his new play, The rebel a drama of the Irish rebellion : by James B. Fagen.Credit: Library of Congress.

Louise Michel : in rebellion alone, woman is at ease ...Credit: Library of Congress.

1959 [a] 1969, decimo aniversario del triunfo de la rebelion cubana = 1959 [to] 1969, tenth anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban rebellion.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Familiar Quotations: Rebellion

AuthorQuotation

Thomas Jefferson

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion!
A little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

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Historic Usage: Rebellion

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

But it will be said, this hypothesis lays a ferment for frequent rebellion. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Constitution

1791

Clause 2: The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. (reference)

Amendment to US Constitution

1795-1993

But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void. (reference)

The Emancipation Proclamation

1862

"That the executive will on the 1st day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States." (Abraham Lincoln)

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Use in Literature: Rebellion

TitleAuthorQuote

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

It was eight months before the King had perfect notice that the Lindalinians were in rebellion.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Rebellion

SubjectTopicQuote

Children

Sierra Leone

Ethnic differences also did not appear to contribute appreciably to the RUF rebellion, the 1997 coup, or the civil conflict. (references)

Civil Liberties

Chad

Some family members of persons who have joined the northern rebellion choose to leave the country for security reasons. (references)

Philippines

On May 2, the CHR issued an advisory upholding the President's authority to determine the existence of a state of rebellion. (references)

Economic History

Cameroon

This rebellion continued, with diminishing intensity, even after independence. (references)

Guinea

Mid-level officers attempted, unsuccessfully, to turn the rebellion into a coup d'etat. (references)

Burundi

In 1972, an aborted Hutu rebellion triggered the flight of hundreds of thousands of Burundians. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

In May a rebellion occurred at the Tatuape FEBEM facility. (references)

Brazil

Afraid of rebellion, the authorities limit inmates' use of the bathroom. (references)

Philippines

The Government also filed rebellion charges against key opposition leaders for inciting the uprising. (references)

Minorities

Mali

Longstanding tensions between the marginalized Moor and Tuareg pastoralist groups and the more populous nonpastoralist groups have been a leading source of political instability and violence, including the Tuareg rebellions of the early 1990's. On February 24, a group led by former army officer Ibrahim Bahanga, who was among the Tuareg rebels incorporated into the army after the rebellion in the 1990's, attacked the Gendarmerie and kidnaped 10 soldiers. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

This underrepresentation remained a key obstacle to ending the rebellion. (references)

Chad

President Idriss Deby, leader of the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), has ruled since taking power in a 1990 rebellion. (references)

Political Rights

India

On the advice of the Prime Minister, the President may proclaim a state of emergency in any part of the national territory in the event of war, external aggression, or armed rebellion. (references)

Travel

Chad

Security: Most areas of Chad are safe for travel, but a rebellion is continuing in the far north B.E.T. region and travel to this area is not recommended. (references)

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Spoken Usage: Rebellion

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Robin Cook

Well, there's quite a big rebellion among the labor ranks. People said the last vote we had in this was the biggest government rebellion since the days of Gladstone over a century ago. And it was even bigger tonight.

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Speeches: Rebellion

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ulysses S. Grant

1869-1877The country having just emerged from a great rebellion, many questions will come before it for settlement in the next four years which preceding Administrations have never had to deal with.

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Usage Frequency: Rebellion

"Rebellion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.48% of the time. "Rebellion" is used about 963 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.48%9587,596
Noun (proper)0.52%5157,705
                    Total100.00%963N/A

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Derived & Related Names: Rebellion

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "rebellion".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
MireleN/AJewish

Rebellion

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Expressions: Rebellion

Expressions using "rebellion": Commission of rebellion instigator of rebellion rise in rebellion Taiping rebellion. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "rebellion": counter-rebellion, mini-rebellion, near-rebellion.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Rebellion

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

rebellion

172

boxer rebellion

142

star war rebellion

139

rebellion township

121

shays rebellion

98

whiskey rebellion

77

bacons rebellion

60

1837 rebellion

32

rebellion teenage

29

taiping rebellion

26

nat turner rebellion

19

the war of the rebellion

18

red river rebellion

18

sub rebellion

17

northwest rebellion

16

rebellion en la granja

15

rebellion stonewall

14

sepoy rebellion

13

forum rebellion

11

rebellion stono

11
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Modern Translations: Rebellion

Language Translations for "rebellion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

rezistim, revoltë (revolt, uprising), rebelim (commotion, disorder, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, riot, sedition), tollovi (hurry-scurry, revolt), kundërshtim (censure, challenge, contradiction, contrast, demur, demurrer, deprecation, dispraise, exception, kick, objection, obtestation, opposition, protest, reaction, rebuff, rebuttal, recalcitrance, retort, return, set down, Stonewall, stonewalling), kryengritje (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, revolt, revolution, rising, sedition, uprising), indinjatë (disgust, indignation). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تمرد (contumacy, disobedience, disobey, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, naughtiness, rebel, revolt, take the bit in one's hands, turbulence, waywardness), ‏عصيان (bawdiness, contempt, disobedience, insurgence, insurgency, rebel, recalcitrance, revolt, riot), ‏ثورة (commotion, mutiny, outbreak, rampage, revolt, revolution, rising, upheaval, uprising). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

размирици (commotion, roman holiday, sedition, trouble), въстание (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, outbreak, revolt, rise, rising, uprising), недоволство (disaffection, discontent, discontentment, displeasure, dissatisfaction, grievance, grudge, malcontent, murmur, rumble, rumbling, rumblings, trouble), бунт (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, outbreak, revolt, riot, uprising), протест (caveat, expostulation, kick, objection, obtestation, outcry, protest, protestation, remonstrance). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(to become different, to change, to praise, to transform, to vary), 暴亂 (revolt, riot), 暴動 (insurrection), 叛乱 (insurgency, insurgent, Rebelled, rebelling). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vzpoura (insurgence, insurgency, mutiny, revolt, uprising), povstání (insurrection, revolt, riot, rise, rising, uprising). (various references)

   

Danish

  

opstand (insurgency, mutiny, revolt). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

opstand (crop, elevation, mutiny, revolt, standing crop), onlusten (mutiny, revolt). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

ribelo (mutiny, revolt). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

uppreistur (mutiny, revolt). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تمرد (Contumacy, Recalcitrance), سرکشی (Contumacy, Recalcitrance), طغیان (Insurgence, Insurgency, Insurrection, Mutation, Outbreak, Outburst, Outflow, Overflow, Revolt, Tornado, Uprising), شورش (Insurgence, Insurgency, Insurrection, Muitiny, Mutation, Revolt, Revolution, Riot, Sedition, Uprising, Uproar). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kapina (insurrection, mutiny, revolt). (various references)

   

French

  

révolte (revolt). (various references)

   

German

  

Aufstand (agitation, fussbig, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, revolt, riot, rising, tumult, uprising), Rebellion (rebelliousness, revolt), Aufruhr (agitation, confusion, convulsion, disorder, fracas, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, pandemonium, revolt, riot, sedition, seditions, stir, storm, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turmoll, upheaval, uprising, uproar). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επανάσταση (insurrection, revolt, revolution, uprising). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מ"פכ" (revolution), מר" (insurrection, mutiny, revolt, uprising), "תמר"ות, "תקוממות (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, revolt, rising, uprising), סר" (perversion, revolt, transgression). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

zendülés (affray, flare-up, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, riot, sedition), lázadás (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, revolt, riot, rioting, riotousness, sedition, uprising), fellázadás (uprising). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pendurhakaan (insurgency, treachery), pemberontakan (mutiny), balela. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ribellione (revolt). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

'動 (riot, strife). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぞうは" (copyright), たいら" (great uprising, inspection by the empress or the crown prince), ないら" (civil war, domestic conflict, insurrection, private audience), そうどう (humble abode, monks cell, riot, strife, temple meditation hall or certain other temple structures, thatched hut), ぼうどう (acting blindly, insurrection, revolt, riot, uprising), むほ" (coup d'etat, military take-over, treason), はいは" (abolition of the han system, antinomy, contradiction, going against, revolting), は"ぎゃく (insurrection, mutiny, treachery, treason), は""う (circulation, clan school, counteroffensive, crime, criminal act, daimyo, defiance, distribution, feudal lord, han school, hostility, insubordination, offence, opposition, printing, promulgation, publishing, resistance, sealling), は"ら" (flood, insurrection, mutiny, overflowing, revolt, uprising). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

내란죄. (various references)

   

Manx

  

meeviallys (disobedience, non-compliance, rebelliousness), irree magh (insurgent, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, rebel, revolt, revolution, rise, rising, turn out). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

rebelion (mutiny, revolt). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ebellionray

   

Polish

  

powstanie (mutiny, revolt), bunt (mutiny, revolt). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

rebelião (insurgence, insurgency, mutiny, revolt, uprising), revolta (insurgence, insurgency, insurrectionist, mutiny, outbreak, revolt, upheaval, uprising). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

revoltã (disorder, indignation, insurgence, insurgency, revolt, upheaval, uprise), rebeliune (mutiny, revolt, riot, rising), rãzvrãtire (mutiny, sedition, uprising), rãscoalã (mutiny, revolt, riot, rising, sedition, uprising), zaverã (rising). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

восстание (insurgency, insurrection, outbreak, revolt, uprise, uprising), бунт (mutiny, revolt, riot). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

ceannairc (sedition), ar-amach. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ustanak (insurrection, rising, uprise, uprising), pobuna (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, revolt, riot, sedition), buna (mutiny). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

rebelión (insurrection, revolt). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

uppror (insurrection, mutiny, revolt, uprising, uproar), resning (erection, insurrection, lifting, raising, review, revolt, rising, stature, uprising). (various references)

   

Thai

  

การก่อกบฏ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

isyan (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, revolt, riot, rising, sedition, uprising), başkaldırma (disobedience, insubordination, insurrection, mutiny, opposition, revolt, uprising), ayaklanma (breach of the peace, commotion, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, putsch, revolt, riot, rising, upheaval, uprising). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

topalaс (mutiny), pitne (mutiny). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

відверта непокора, повстання (insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, revolt, rising). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

cuộc nổi loạn (mutiny), chính sách (rebel, tack). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

gwrthryfel (mutiny). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Rebellion

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

bun. (various references)

Greek700 BCE-300 CE

apostasia. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

seditio, seditione, seditionem, seditiones, seditionibus, seditionis, tumultu, tumultum, tumultus. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Rebellion

LanguageDateSourceJob Chapter 34, Verse 37
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintIna mh prosqwmen ef' amartiaiV hmwn anomia de ef' hmin logisqhsetai polla lalountwn rhmata enantion tou kuriou
Latin405VulgateQuia addit super peccata sua blasphemiam inter nos interim constringatur et tunc ad iudicium provocet sermonibus suis Deum
Middle English1395WyclifThat addeth vp on his synnes blasfemye. Amongis vs euere among be he streyned; and thanne at the dom terre he God with his woordis.
Jacobean English1611King JamesFor he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
Victorian English1833WebsterFor he addeth rebellion to his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
Basic English1964OgdenFor in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him.

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Matched Bible Translations: Rebellion

LanguageJob Chapter 34, Verse 37
Albaniansepse i shton mëkatit të tij revoltën, rreh duart mes nesh dhe i shumëzon fjalët e tij kundër Perëndisë".
BulgarianЗащото на греха си притуря бунтовничество, Поруга се* между нас, И умножава думите си против Бога.
CebuanoKay sa iyang sala iya man nga gidugang ang pagsuki; Siya nagapakpak sa iyang kamot sa taliwala nato, Ug gipadaghan ang iyang mga pulong batok sa Dios.
Chinese他 在 罪 上 又 悖 逆 . 在 我 們 中 " 拍 手 、 " 許 多 言 語 輕 慢   神 。
Croatiana svom grijehu još pobunu domeæe, meðu nama on plješæe dlanovima i hule svoje na Boga gomila." <p>
DanishThi han dynger Synd på Synd, han optræder hovent iblandt os og fremfører mange Ord imod Gud!"
DutchWant tot zijn zonde zou hij nog overtreding bijvoegen; hij zou onder ons in de handen klappen, en hij zou zijn redenen vermenigvuldigen tegen God.
FinnishSillä hän lisää syntiä syntiin, lyö kämmentä keskellämme ja syytää sanoja Jumalaa vastaan.`"
FrenchCar il ajoute ses fautes de nouveaux péchés; Il bat des mains au milieu de nous, Il multiplie ses paroles contre Dieu.
GermanDenn er hat über seine Sünde noch gelästert; er treibt Spott unter uns und macht seiner Reden viel wider Gott.
Haitian CreoleLi fin fè kont peche l', koulye a l'ap kenbe tèt ak Bondye. L'ap seye fè nou konprann li pa antò. L'ap plede fè Bondye remontrans.
HungarianMert vétkét gonoszsággal tetézi, csapkod közöttünk, és Isten ellen szószátyárkodik.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKesalahannya ditambah lagi dengan sebuah dosa; ia memberontak terhadap Allah, dan menghina-Nya di hadapan kita.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaKarena dosanya ditambahinya pula dengan durhaka, diolok-olokkannya kami dan dipenatkannya Allah dengan kebanyakan perkataan.
Italianperché aggiunge al suo peccato la rivolta, in mezzo a noi batte le mani e moltiplica le parole contro Dio.
Korean그 가 그 죄 위 에 패 역 을 " 하 며 우 리 중 에 서 손 뼉 을 치 며 하 나 님 을 거 역 하 " 말 을 많 이 하 " 구 나
MaoriE tapiritia ana hoki e ia te tutu ki runga ki tona hara, kei te pakipaki ia i ona ringa i waenganui i a tatou, a whakanuia ana e ia ana kupu kite Atua.
Modern Greek"ιοτι εις την αμαρτιαν αυτου προσθετει ασεβειαν· καυχαται μεταξυ ημων, και πολλαπλασιαζει τους λογους αυτου εναντιον του Θεου.
NorwegianFor til sin synd legger han brøde; her iblandt oss klapper han i hendene* og bruker mange ord om Gud. # <* d.e. han håner; JBS 27, 23.>
PortuguesePorque ao seu pecado acrescenta a rebelião; entre nós bate as palmas, e multiplica contra Deus as suas palavras.   
RumanianCqci adaugq la grewelile lui pqcate noi; bate din palme kn mijlocul nostru, kwi knmulyewte cuvintele kmpotriva lui Dumnezeu.``
RussianйОБЮЕ ПО ЛП ЗТЕИХ УЧПЕНХ ТЙ'БЧЙФ ПФУФХ МЕОЙЕ, 'Х"ЕФ ТХЛП МЕУЛБФШ НЕЦ"Х ОБНЙ Й ЕЭЕ 'ПМШЫЕ ОБЗПЧПТЙФ ТПФЙЧ вПЗБ.
SpanishPorque a su pecado añade la rebelión; aplaude en medio de nosotros y multiplica sus palabras contra Dios.
SwedishTill sin synd lägger han ju uppenbar ondska, oss till hån slår han ihop sina händer och talar stora ord mot Gud.
Thaiเพราะเขาเพิ่มการกบฏเข้ากับบาปของเขา เขาตบมือเย้ยอยู่ท่ามกลางเรา และทวีถ้อยคำของเขากล่าวร้ายพระเจ้า"
Ukrainianбо він дода" до свойого гріха ще провину, між нами він плеще в долоні та множить на Бога промови свої...

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Rebellion

Derivations

Words beginning with "rebellion": rebellions. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Rebellion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: froebelian, reballion, rebelion, rebellio, rebillion, Rebollo, ribelli, Serbelloni, Trevellian. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Rebellion"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "rebellion" (pronounced rube"lyun)
4-l y u nbattalion, billion, bullion, civilian, jillion, medallion, million, multibillion, multimillion, octillion, pavilion, pillion, scallion, scullion, stallion, trillion, vaudevillian, vermilion, Vermillion, zillion.
3-y u nbanyan, Canyon, communion, companion, disunion, dominion, grunion, minion, nonunion, onion, opinion, pinion, reunion, union.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Rebellion

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-l-l-n-o-r"

-1 letter: lobeline, lonelier.

-2 letters: berline, eloiner, libeler.

-3 letters: belier, berlin, biller, billon, boiler, bonier, boreen, enrobe, enroll, lierne, nellie, neroli, niello, nobler, oleine, rebill, reboil, reline.

-4 letters: belie, belle, birle, boner, borne, brill, brine, broil, eloin, enrol, iller, irone, leben, leone, libel, liber, liner, loner, nerol, noble, obeli, oiler, olein, oriel, rebel, reoil, rille, robin, roble.

-5 letters: been, beer, bell, bene, bier, bile, bill, bine, birl, blin, boil, bole, boll, bone, bore, born, bree, bren, brie, brin, brio, ebon, enol, erne, inro, iron, leer, leno, lien, lier, line, lino, lion, lire, lobe, loin, lone, lore, lorn, nill, noel, noil, noir, nori, orle, reel, rein, riel, rile, rill, robe, roil, role, roll.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-l-l-n-o-r"
 

+1 letter: neoliberal, rebellions.

 

+2 letters: intolerable, neoliberals.

 

+3 letters: banderillero, reconcilable.

 

+4 letters: banderilleros, cobelligerent, neoliberalism, nonfilterable, nonrefillable.

 

+5 letters: cobelligerents, irreconcilable, neoliberalisms, nonbelligerent, rebelliousness, unreconcilable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Rebellion


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 62 65 6C 6C 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    -...    .    .-..    .-..    ..    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01100010 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#98 &#101 &#108 &#108 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0062 0065 006C 006C 0069 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

527168717878758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Spoken
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Derived from
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Bible Trace
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Orthography
25. Bibliography


  

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