Found 3 items, similar to Sedition.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: sedition hasutan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sedition sedition n : an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sedition Sedition \Se*di"tion\, n. [OE. sedicioun, OF. sedition, F. s['e]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. [1913 Webster] In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Noisy demagogues who had been accused of sedition. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Dissension; division; schism. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Now the works of the flesh are manifest, . . . emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies. --Gal. v. 19, 20. [1913 Webster] Syn: Insurrection; tumult; uproar; riot; rebellion; revolt. See Insurrection. [1913 Webster]