English Explanatory Dictionary

sublevation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of raising on high; elevation.
  2. An insurrection, an uprising.

Word forms

sublevation sublevations

Etymology

From Latin sublevare (“to lift up”), from sub (“under”) + levare (“to lift, raise”). Compare Latin sublevatio (“an allevation”).

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