sedition
/səˈdɪʃən/ noun
Forms seditions
- noun Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
- noun Insurrection or rebellion.
Etymology
From Old French sedicion, from Latin sēditiō (“sedition, discord”), from sēd- (“apart”) (an alternative form of sē-) + itiō (“going”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun Dissension; division; schism. [Obs.]
Etymology [OE. sedicioun, OF. sedition, F. sédition, 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.]
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