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rebellion
re·bel·lion
Pronunciation: \ri-?bel-y?n\
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1: opposition to one in authority or dominance2 a:
open, armed, and usually unsuccessful defiance of or resistance to an established
government b: an instance of such defiance or resistance
When, in the course of human events, it becomes
necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected
them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate
and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle
them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should
declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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