Sedition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Sedition	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Sedition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sedition n an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sedition \Se*di"tion\, n. [OE. sedicioun, OF. sedition, F. s[82]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}.