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sedition

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sedition  \Se*di"tion\,  n.  [OE.  sedicioun  OF  sedition,  F. 
  s['e]dition,  fr  L.  seditio,  originally,  a  going  aside; 
  hence  an  insurrectionary  separation;  pref.  se-,  sed-,  aside 
  +  itio  a  going,  fr  ire,  itum,  to  go  Cf  {Issue}.] 
  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.  [Obs.] 
 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sedition 
  n  :  an  illegal  action  inciting  resistance  to  lawful  authority 
  and  tending  to  cause  the  disruption  or  overthrow  of  the 
  government




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