insurrection

Syllables: in·sur·rect·ion/ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/

insurrection noun: the action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.

Noun

insurrection (countable and uncountable, plural insurrections)

(also, figuratively, uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.
- No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a...
- After this, by the great wiſedome and politic of the Nobles and Captaynes, a communication was had, and an agreement made vppon the Kings pardon, obtayned for all the Captaynes and chiefe doers in this inſurrection, and promiſe made that they ſhoulde bee gentlye heard, to declare ſuch things as...1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “King Henry the Eyghte”, in The Laste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume II, London: […] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, page 1568, column 2
Synonyms:

insurgency, mutiny, rebellion, rising

insurrection meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

insurrection in Hindi

action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising: विप्लव viplav, क्रांति krānti

insurrection in Urdu

بغاوت, فتنہ, غدر, ہنگامہ, سرکشی, شورش

insurrection in Bengali

insurrection, insurgency, uprising: বিদ্রোহ bidrōho

insurrection in Malayalam

പ്രക്ഷോഭം, വിപ്ലവം, ലഹള, കലാപം

More languagesFewer languages

insurrection in Kannada: ದಂಗೆ, ಬಂಡಾಯ, ವಿಪ್ಲವ, ಎದುರು ನಿಲ್ಲುವುದು
insurrection in Arabic: انتفاضة intifāḍa
insurrection in Persian: عصیان 'osyân, قیام qiyâm, شورش šureš, خیزش xizeš
insurrection in Thai: กบฏ gà-bòt
insurrection in Vietnamese: khởi nghĩa

Examples of insurrection in a sentence

And therefore if God afterward gave, or permitted this inſurrection of Epiſcopacy, it is to be fear'd he did it in his wrath, as he gave the Iſraelites a King.1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, “That Prelaty Was Not Set Up for Prevention of Schisme, as is Pretended, or if It Were, that It...
He returned to Spain, and was now on his way to join and take command of an insurrection, whose success was to be the touchstone of their countrymen.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […]...
“They were insuring against the insurrection of cargo – I think that completely sums it up.2021 May 16, Rob Walker, “Secret history: the warrior women who fought their enslavers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 31...

All 11 example sentences with insurrection

Synonyms of insurrection

Forms of insurrection

plural	insurrections

Plural of insurrection: insurrections

Origin of insurrection

From Late Middle English insurreccion (“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”) [and other forms], from Middle French insurrection, Old French insurreccïon (modern French insurrection), and from their etymon Latin īnsurrēctiōnem (rare), the accusative singular of īnsurrēctiō (“rising up, insurrection, rebellion”), from īnsurgō (“to rise up”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + surgō (“to arise, get up; to rise”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘(from) beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, govern, rule; to guide, steer; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”))).

Words formed from insurrection

Words that rhyme with insurrection

44 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about insurrection

What does insurrection mean?: Insurrection means the action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.
What is insurrection in Hindi?: Insurrection in Hindi is विप्लव (viplav), क्रांति (krānti). See Insurrection meaning in Hindi.
How do you use insurrection in a sentence?: And therefore if God afterward gave, or permitted this inſurrection of Epiſcopacy, it is to be fear'd he did it in his wrath, as he gave the Iſraelites a King.
What part of speech is insurrection?: Insurrection is a noun.
How do you pronounce insurrection?: Insurrection is pronounced /ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/ (UK).
What is the plural of insurrection?: The plural of insurrection is insurrections.

Words near insurrection in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: insurrection (page history and authors); insurrection (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বিদ্রোহ (Bengali) (page history and authors); insurrection (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insurrection (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-insurrection.wav.

Cite this entry: “insurrection.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/insurrection. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.