【法】 拘票

Rebellion \Re*bel"lion\ (r[-e]*b[e^]l"y[u^]n), n. [F.
r['e]bellion, L. rebellio. See {Rebel}, v. i. Among the
Romans rebellion was originally a revolt or open resistance
to their government by nations that had been subdued in war.
It was a renewed war.]
1. The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the
authority of the government to which one owes obedience,
and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying
war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising
of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing
their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt;
insurrection.

No sooner is the standard of rebellion displayed
than men of desperate principles resort to it.
--Ames.

2. Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.

{Commission of rebellion} (Eng. Law), a process of contempt
issued on the nonappearance of a defendant, -- now
abolished. --Wharton. --Burrill.

Syn: Insurrection; sedition; revolt; mutiny; resistance;
contumacy. See {Insurrection}.