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Antonyms for rebelliousness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-bel-yuhs
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈbɛl yəs



Definition of rebelliousness

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin rebellis (see rebel (adj.)) + -ous. Related: Rebelliously; rebelliousness.
  • As in contumacy : noun defiance
  • As in indocility : noun unruliness
  • As in intractability : noun unruliness
  • As in intractableness : noun unruliness
  • As in obstinateness : noun unruliness
  • As in obstreperousness : noun unruliness
  • As in recalcitrance : noun defiance
  • As in recalcitrance : noun unruliness
  • As in recalcitrancy : noun unruliness
  • As in recalcitrancy : noun defiance
  • As in refractoriness : noun unruliness
  • As in uncontrollability : noun unruliness
  • As in uncontrollableness : noun unruliness
  • As in ungovernableness : noun unruliness
  • As in unmanageability : noun unruliness
  • As in untowardness : noun unruliness
  • As in defiance : noun disobedience, disregard
Example sentences :
  • And submissive, where rebelliousness would not have been without excuse.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan Characters - Third Series » by Alexander Whyte
  • Britt's ugly stare was taking the spirit out of the landlord's rebelliousness.
  • Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
  • For her rebelliousness and general contumacy she was condemned to be burned alive.
  • Extract from : « Idling in Italy » by Joseph Collins
  • Notwithstanding my youth, my spirit has no fears of incurring a like rebelliousness.
  • Extract from : « Pepita Ximenez » by Juan Valera
  • Back of this rebelliousness lay a certain amount of British influence.
  • Extract from : « The Old Northwest » by Frederic Austin Ogg
  • We do not ask to forget our rebelliousness, but we ask to be assured that we are reconciled to Thee.
  • Extract from : « The Whole Armour of God » by John Henry Jowett
  • The rebelliousness of The Loom of Youth was in tune with the temper of the hour.
  • Extract from : « The Loom of Youth » by Alec Waugh
  • Then the old doubting rancor and rebelliousness took possession of the multitude.
  • Extract from : « Joshua, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • The rebelliousness of Byron seems a rebelliousness not so much deliberate and intellectual as instinctive and impulsive.
  • Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys
  • Her defiance, resentment, rebelliousness, vanished from a softly agitated face.
  • Extract from : « The Man of the Forest » by Zane Grey

Synonyms for rebelliousness

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