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.
Princeton's WordNet(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition: 1  rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising(verb) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another. 2  revolt(verb) make revolution. 3  disgust, gross out, revolt, repel(verb) fill with distaste.