rebelling

Definitions

The act of rising in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler.

The act of resisting authority, control, or convention.

The act of showing strong feelings of defiance or aversion toward something.

Examples

The teenagers were rebelling against the strict rules imposed by their parents.

He spent his youth rebelling against societal expectations and carving his own path.

Synonyms

mutinying revolting resisting defying insurrecting opposing dissenting

Antonyms

complying obeying submitting conforming yielding acquiescing following