"revolt" Definition

Definitions for the word "revolt" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A revolter.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v.
1 rise in rebellion. 2 a affect with strong disgust. B (often foll. By at, against) feel strong disgust. n. 1 act of rebelling. 2 state of insurrection. 3 sense of disgust. 4 mood of protest or defiance. [italian: related to *revolve]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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