Rebel

Legal Definition and Related Resources of Rebel

Meaning of Rebel

A citizen or subject who unjustly and unlawfully takes up arms against the constituted authorities of the nation, to deprive them of the supreme power, either by resisting their lawful and constitutional orders in some particular matter, or to impose on them conditions. Vattel, liv. 3, f 328. In another sense, it signifies a refusal to obey a superior, or the commands of a court.

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Synonyms of Rebel

verb

  • arise
  • be disloyal
  • be insubordinate
  • be treasonable
  • betray
  • break with
  • concitare
  • defy
  • denounce
  • dethrone
  • disobey
  • insurrect
  • mutiny
  • oppose
  • overthrow
  • recalcitrate
  • refuse to conform
  • refuse to support
  • renounce
  • resist
  • resist lawful authority
  • revolt
  • revolutionize
  • riot
  • rise
  • rise in arms
  • seditionem
  • strike
  • take up arms
  • tergiversate
  • turn against
  • undermine

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Rebel

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person who makes war on his country for political motives, mid-14c., from rebel (adj.). Meaning “supporter of the American cause in the War of Independence” is from 1775; sense of “supporter of the Southern cause in the American Civil War” is attested from April 15, 1861. Rebel yell in an American Civil War context attested from 1862, but the thing itself is older and was said to have been picked up by (then) southwestern men in their periodic wars against the Indians. The Southern troops, when charging or to express their delight, always yell in a manner peculiar to themselves. The Yankee cheer is more like ours; but the Confederate officers declare that the rebel yell has a particular merit, and always produces a salutary and useful effect upon their adversaries. A corps is sometimes spoken of as a ‘good yelling regiment.’ [A.J.L. Fremantle, “The Battle of Gettysburg and the Campaign in Pennsylvania,” in “Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine,” Sept. 1863]

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  • Amnesty
  • Blockade
  • Enemy
  • Government
  • De Facto
  • Rebellion
  • Money
  • Lawful
  • Tender
  • Legal
  • Treason
  • War

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