Definition of REVOLT. Meaning of REVOLT. Synonyms of REVOLT

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Definition of REVOLT

Revolt
Revolt Re*volt", v. t. 1. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings. This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds. --Burke. To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creatuure revolted his conscience and offended his reason. --J. Morley.

Meaning of REVOLT from wikipedia

- people to overthrow unjust government.[citation needed] Uprisings which revolt, resisting and taking direct action against an authority, law or policy...
- The Revolt (Hebrew: המרד), also published as Revolt, The Revolt: Inside Story of the Irgun and The Revolt: the Dramatic Inside Story of the Irgun, is...
- Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various...
- Look up revolt, revolter, or révolter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikiquote has quotations related to Revolt. A revolt is opposition and resistance...
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- The Maccabean Revolt (Hebrew: מרד החשמונאים) was a Jewish rebellion led by the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire and against ****enistic influence...
- revolt or workers' uprising is a period of civil unrest characterised by strong labour militancy and strike activity. The history of labour revolts often...
- The name of the revolt is contested, and it is variously described as the Sepoy Mutiny, the Indian Mutiny, the Great Rebellion, the Revolt of 1857, the Indian...
- The Ionian Revolt, and ****ociated revolts in Aeolis, Doris, Cyprus and Caria, were military rebellions by several Gr**** regions of Asia Minor against Persian...
- The Arab Revolt (Arabic: الثورة العربية al-Thawra al-'Arabiyya), also known as the Great Arab Revolt (الثورة العربية الكبرى al-Thawra al-'Arabiyya al-Kubrā)...