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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Insurrection \In'sur*rec"tion\, noun [L. insurrectio, fr. insurgere, insurrectum: cf. F. insurrection. See {Insurgent}.]
1. A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.
It is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. --Ezra iv. 19.
2. A rising in mass to oppose an enemy. [Obs.]
Syn: {Insurrection}, {Sedition}, {Revolt}, {Rebellion}, {Mutiny}.
Usage: Sedition is the raising of commotion in a state, as by conspiracy, without aiming at open violence against the laws. Insurrection is a rising of individuals to prevent the execution of law by force of arms. Revolt is a casting off the authority of a government, with a view to put it down by force, or to substitute one ruler for another. Rebellion is an extended insurrection and revolt. Mutiny is an insurrection on a small scale, as a mutiny of a regiment, or of a ship's crew.
I say again, In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. --Shak.
Insurrections of base people are commonly more furious in their beginnings. --Bacon.
He was greatly strengthened, and the enemy as much enfeebled, by daily revolts. --Sir W. Raleigh.
Though of their names in heavenly records now Be no memorial, blotted out and razed By their rebellion from the books of life. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
insurrection
noun: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: {rebellion}, {revolt}, {rising}, {uprising}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
INSURRECTION, noun An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.
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