'Sedition' definitions:

Definition of 'sedition'

From: WordNet
noun
An illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government

Definition of 'Sedition'

From: GCIDE
  • Sedition \Se*di"tion\, n. [OE. sedicioun, OF. sedition, F. s['e]dition, fr. L. seditio, originally, a going aside; hence, an insurrectionary separation; pref. se-, sed-, aside + itio a going, fr. ire, itum, to go. Cf. Issue.]
  • 1. The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority. [1913 Webster]
  • In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Noisy demagogues who had been accused of sedition. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Dissension; division; schism. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Now the works of the flesh are manifest, . . . emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies. --Gal. v. 19, 20. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Insurrection; tumult; uproar; riot; rebellion; revolt. See Insurrection. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sedition'

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