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.
Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Revolt(noun) to turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence. 2  Revolt(noun) 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.