Rebellious Definition & Meaning

rebellious
adjective
  1. resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew"
  2. discontented as toward authority
  3. participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy"

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