meaning of revolt
1. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
2. 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.
3. 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. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
5. To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings.
6. 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. A revolter.
8. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
Related Words
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