Synonyms for sedition

Grammar : Noun

Spell : si-dish-uhn

Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈdɪʃ ən

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Définition of sedition

Origin : mid-14c., "rebellion, uprising, revolt, concerted attempt to overthrow civil authority; violent strife between factions, civil or religious disorder, riot; rebelliousness against authority," from Old French sedicion (14c., Modern French sédition) and directly from Latin seditionem (nominative seditio) "civil disorder, dissention, strife; rebellion, mutiny," literally "a going apart, separation," from se- "apart" (see secret) + itio "a going," from past participle of ire "to go" (see ion).
Meaning "conduct or language inciting to rebellion against a lawful government" is from 1838. An Old English word for it was folcslite. Less serious than treason, as wanting an overt act, "But it is not essential to the offense of sedition that it threaten the very existence of the state or its authority in its entire extent" [Century Dictionary].

noun rebellion

Example sentences :

(17:187) We should rather say that sedition ceased than that harmony was re-established.
Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part IV] » by Benedict of Spinoza

The thought staggered him, and he felt as if he had filled his mind with treason and sedition!
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

You are wanted for sedition, and upon a warrant from M. de Lesdiguieres.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

Sedition is talked round every tin of bully beef on the Peninsula.
Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton

Sedition was sedition and treason was treason—you couldn't evade that fact.
Extract from : « Security » by Poul William Anderson

The Alien and Sedition laws had borne their legitimate fruit.
Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens

That which rises to a revolution in England is no more than a sedition in other countries.
Extract from : « Letters on England » by Voltaire

They were harassed by the natives with accusations of treason and sedition.
Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Chouev was thrown into prison and charged with sedition and blasphemy.
Extract from : « The Forged Coupon and Other Stories » by Leo Tolstoy

As for the capital, it was a seething riot of sedition, from the reports.
Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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