insurrections

Noun

insurrection (countable and uncountable, plural insurrections)

1. (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...

   Synonyms:

   insurgency, mutiny, rebellion, rising