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.
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.
Insurrections of base people are commonly more furious in their beginnings.
He was greatly strengthened, and the enemy as much enfeebled, by daily revolts.
Though of their names in heavenly records now
Be no memorial, blotted out and razed
By their rebellion from the books of life.