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Antonyms for sedition

Grammar : Noun
Spell : si-dish-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈdɪʃ ən

Definition 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

Synonyms for sedition

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