rebellion

noun3

1. •
   Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.

   • The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country.
2. •
   Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.

   • Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents.
3. •
   An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.

   • The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country.