Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Insurrection

Insurrection , noun

[Latin insurrectio, from insurgere, insurrectum: compare French insurrection. See Insurgent.]

1.
A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.
It is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. — Ezra iv. 19
2.
A rising in mass to oppose an enemy. [Obsolete]
I say again, In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. — Shakespeare
Insurrections of base people are commonly more furious in their beginnings. — Bacon
He was greatly strengthened, and the enemy as much enfeebled, by daily revolts. — Sir W. Raleigh
Though of their names in heavenly records now Be no memorial, blotted out and razed By their rebellion from the books of life. — Milton