Dictionary entries for 'sedition'

Synonyms

insurgence
insurgency
insurrection
mutiny
rebellion
revolt
revolution
uprising
seditiousness
traitorousness
treason

se·di·tion (sĭ-dĭsh́ən)

[Middle English sedicioun, violent party strife, from Old French sedition, from Latin sēditiō, sēditiōn-, sēd-, sē-, apart, + itiō, act of going (from itus past participle of īre, to go; see ei-).]

noun

Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.
Insurrection; rebellion.

derivatives

se·dítion·ist: noun

noun

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition