President Donald Trump Tuesday signed the first in a series of congressional regulatory rollback bills, revoking an Obama-era regulation that required oil and mining companies to disclose their payments to foreign governments.
Full Definition of REBELLION. 1. : opposition to one in authority or dominance. 2. a: open, armed, and usually unsuccessful defiance of or resistance to an established government b: an instance of such defiance or resistance. See rebellion defined for English-language learners.
The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin Ä«nsurrÄctiÅ, Ä«nsurrÄctiÅn- , from Latin Ä«nsurrÄctus, past participle of Ä«nsurgere, to rise up; see insurgent. Origin of insurrection.