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

- unjust government.[citation needed] An insurrection is an armed rebellion. A revolt is a rebellion with an aim to replace a government, authority figure, law...
- The term "Diaspora Revolt" (115–117 CE; Hebrew: מרד הגלויות, romanized: mered ha-galuyot, or מרד התפוצות, mered ha-t****zot, 'rebellion of the diaspora';...
- 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...
- janissary revolts were a series of revolts by slave soldiers known as janissaries in the Ottoman Empire. Buçuktepe rebellion (1446) Janissary revolt (1525) [tr]...
- 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...
- The Decembrist Revolt (Russian: Восстание декабристов, romanized: Vosstaniye dekabristov, lit. 'Uprising of the Decembrists') was a failed coup d'état...
- The Maccabean Revolt (Hebrew: מרד החשמונאים) was a Jewish rebellion led by the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire and against ****enistic influence...
- Jewish revolt may refer to the following: Judah's revolts against Babylon 601- 586 BCE Maccabean revolt 167–141 BCE Judas of Galilee uprisings in 4 BCE...
- The Klaipėda Revolt took place in January 1923 in the Klaipėda Region (also known as the Memel Territory or Memelland). The region, located north of the...
- The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, also known as Popé's Rebellion or Po'pay's Rebellion, was an uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish...