Word Meanings - SEDITION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

L. seditio, originally, a going aside; hence, an insurrectionary separation; pref. se-, sed-, aside + itio a going, fr. ire, itum, to 1. The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without

Additional info about word: SEDITION

L. seditio, originally, a going aside; hence, an insurrectionary separation; pref. se-, sed-, aside + itio a going, fr. ire, itum, to 1. The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority. In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. Shak. Noisy demagogues who had been accused of sedition. Macaulay. 2. Dissension; division; schism. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, . . . emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies. Gal. v. 19, 20. Syn. -- Insurrection; tumult; uproar; riot; rebellion; revolt. See Insurrection.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SEDITION)

• Insurrection
• Rebellion
• riot
• rising
• anarchy
• tumult
• mutiny
• sedition
• emeute
• pronouncement
• revolt
• Revolt
• rebellion

Related words: (words related to SEDITION)

• RIS
  A bough or branch; a twig. As white as is the blossom upon the ris. Chaucer.
• RISIBLE
  1. Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh. Laughing is our busines, . . . it has been made the definition of man that he is risible. Dr. H. More. 2. Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing. "Risible absurdities."
• SEDITION
  L. seditio, originally, a going aside; hence, an insurrectionary separation; pref. se-, sed-, aside + itio a going, fr. ire, itum, to 1. The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without
• RISQUE; RISQUEE
  Hazardous; risky; esp., fig., verging upon impropriety; dangerously close to, or suggestive of, what is indecent or of doubtful morality; as, a risqué story. Henry Austin.
• MUTINY
  mutiner, fr. F. mutin stubborn, mutinous, fr. OF. meute riot, LL. 1. Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior
• RIST
  3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth. Chaucer.
• INSURRECTIONIST
  One who favors, or takes part in, insurrection; an insurgent.
• RISEN
  1. p. p. & a. from Rise. "Her risen Son and Lord." Keble. 2. Obs. imp. pl. of Rise. Chaucer.
• EMEUTE
  A seditious tumult; an outbreak.
• REBELLION
  Among the Romans rebellion was originally a revolt or open resistance to their government by nations that had been subdued in war. It was a 1. The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes
• INSURRECTIONAL
  Pertaining to insurrection; consisting in insurrection.
• REVOLT
  Etym: 1. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence. But this got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when trith would set them free.
• TUMULTER
  A maker of tumults. He severely punished the tumulters. Milton.
• TUMULTUARILY
  In a tumultuary manner.
• ANARCHY
  1. Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion. Spread anarchy and terror all around. Cowper. 2. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general. There being then . .
• TUMULTUARINESS
  The quality or state of being tumultuary.
• RISKER
  One who risks or hazards. Hudibras.
• RISORIAL
  Pertaining to, or producing, laughter; as, the risorial muscles.
• INSURRECTIONARY
  Pertaining to, or characterized by, insurrection; rebellious; seditious. Their murderous insurrectionary system. Burke.
• RISH
  A rush . Chaucer.
• HORRISONOUS
  Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound. Bailey.
• ENTERPRISER
  One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward.
• TRISYLLABIC; TRISYLLABICAL
  Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, "syllable" is a trisyllabic word. -- Tris`yllab"ic*al*ly, adv.
• GRISLY
  Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. "Grisly to behold." Chaucer. A man of grisly and stern gravity. Robynson . Grisly bear. See under Grizzly. (more info) gro shudder; cf. OD. grijselick horrible,
• GRISTMILL
  A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.
• CHARACTERISTIC
  Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.
• SPAGYRIST
  1. A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits. 2. One of a sect which arose in the days of alchemy, who sought to discover remedies for disease by chemical means. The spagyrists historically preceded the iatrochemists. Encyc. Brit.
• LUTHERANISM; LUTHERISM
  The doctrines taught by Luther or held by the Lutheran Church.
• METAPHORIST
  One who makes metaphors.
• ARTILLERIST
  A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.
• TANTRISM
  The system of doctrines and rites taught in the tantras. -- Tan"trist , n.
• PERISTALSIS
  Peristaltic contraction or action.
• IMPARISYLLABIC
  Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.
• PURISM
  Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity. "His political purism." De Quincey. The English language, however, . . . had even already become too thoroughly
• PORISMATIC; PORISMATICAL
  Of or pertaining to a porism; poristic.
• PANDARISM
  See SWIFT
• GRIST
  1. Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces. Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store. Tusser. Q. 2. Supply; provision. Swift. 3. In rope making, a given size
• NATURISM
  The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent.
• CHORIST
  A singer in a choir; a chorister.