Thesaurus: mutiny

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1. n. Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination.
2. n. Violent commotion; tumult; strife.
3. v. i. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority.
4. v. i. To fall into strife; to quarrel.
5. n. open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
6. v. engage in a mutiny against an authority
7. 1. Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination. In every mutiny against the discipline of the college, he was the ringleader. Macaulay. 2. Violent commotion; tumult; strife. [Obs.] o raise a mutiny betwixt yourselves. Shak. Mutiny act (Law), an English statute reënacted annually to punish mutiny and desertion. Wharton. Syn. -- See Insurrection. 1. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority. 2. To fall into strifle; to quarrel. [Obs.] Shak.
8. v:9/n:91 n. open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) v. engage in a mutiny against an authority