Antonyms for mutiny

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : myoot-n-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmyut n i

Definition of mutiny

Origin : 1560s, with noun suffix -y (1) + obsolete verb mutine "revolt" (1540s), from Middle French mutiner "to revolt," from meutin "rebellious," from meute "a revolt, movement," from Vulgar Latin *movita "a military uprising," from fem. past participle of Latin movere "to move" (see move (v.)).

noun defiance, resistance
verb defy, revolt

Example sentences :

This was a clear case of mutiny, and the only one in which I was ever implicated.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

He shook his head in silent contradiction, frowning; but not frowning because of the girl's mutiny.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Yet his being there put a different complexion on her act of mutiny.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

In the meantime all the troops had assembled and the mutiny been swiftly stamped out.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

The result of this attempt to modify the scheme was the Indian mutiny.
Extract from : « The History of the First West India Regiment » by A. B. Ellis

Murmur is regarded as mutiny, and he who complains is shot as a conspirator.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith

French law had, for once, overlooked the matter, rather than have a mutiny in the army.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

It's about time we had a mutiny among the general practitioners.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

He should be able to quell a mutiny, check a mob or stamp out a rebellion.
Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel

There'd have been a mutiny right then if I'd caught sight of you.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for mutiny

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