sedition
Meanings
noun
- Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
- Insurrection or rebellion.
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Etymology
From Old French sedicion, from Latin sēditiō (“sedition, discord”), from sēd- (“apart”) (an alternative form of sē-) + itiō (“going”).
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