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Revolt
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel.
(2):
(n.) To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
(3):
(n.) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; - with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.
(4):
(v. t.) To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
(5):
(v. t.) To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings.
(6):
(n.) The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire.
(7):
(n.) A revolter.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Revolt'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/revolt.html. 1828.
