Rebel

Definition of Rebel

Reb´el Pronunciation: rė`bĕl´

a.	1.	Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops. Whoso be rebel to my judgment. - Chaucer. Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. - Milton.
n.	1.	One who rebels.
v. i.	1.	To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion. [imp. & p. p. Rebelled (rė*bĕld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebelling.] The murmur and the churls' rebelling. - Chaucer. Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord. - Josh. xxii. 16.
	2.	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? - Dryden.

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