Rebellion vs. Disobedience — What's the Difference?

Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority.A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and then manifests itself by the refusal to submit or to obey the authority responsible for this situation.

Refusal or failure to obey.

An act of armed resistance to an established government or leader

Refusal to obey.

Open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government.

Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.

An instance of this.

The failure to obey

Defiance toward an authority or established convention

The trait of being unwilling to obey

An instance of this.

(uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.

(countable) Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.

(countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.

The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection.

Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.

Refusal to accept some authority or code or convention;

Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another