sedition
/səˈdɪʃən/
sedition noun: organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
Noun
sedition (countable and uncountable, plural seditions)
- Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
- That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city...1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezra 4:15
- But there are also strong objections to such a plan. It is not to be doubted, that a single man of prudence and good sense is better fitted, in delicate conjunctures, to balance the motives which may plead for and against the remission of the punishment, than any numerous body whatever. It deserves...1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number LXXIII”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A....
- Insurrection or rebellion.
sedition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sedition in Hindi
- राजद्रोह, देशद्रोह
sedition in Tamil
- அரசுப் பகை மூட்டுக் குற்றம், ஆட்சி எதிர்ப்புக் கிளர்ச்சி, ஆட்சி விரோதச், பகைச் செயல் அரசுப்பகைமூட்டுக் குற்றம், தேசத் துரோகம், தேச விரோதம்
sedition in Marathi
- राजद्रोह
sedition in Urdu
- فساد, فتنہ, حرج
More languagesFewer languages
- sedition in Bengali
- রাষ্ট্রদ্রোহিতা, রাজদ্রোহিতা, দেশদ্রোহিতা
- sedition in Telugu
- దేశద్రోహం
- sedition in Malayalam
- രാജ്യദ്രോഹം rājyadrōhaṁ, പ്രകോപനം prakōpanaṁ
- sedition in Kannada
- ರಾಜದ್ರೋಹ, ರಾಜ್ಯದ್ರೋಹ, ಸರ್ಕಾರ ವಿರೋಧಿ ಚಳುವಳಿ, ಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ ವಿರೋಧಿ ಕಾರ್ಯ
- sedition in Punjabi
- ਦੇਸ਼ਧ੍ਰੋਹ, ਰਾਜਦ੍ਰੋਹ
- sedition in Gujarati
- રાજદ્રોહ, રાજદ્રોહીતા
- sedition in Odia
- ରାଜଦ୍ରୋହ
- sedition in Nepali
- राजद्रोह, राजद्रोहीता
- sedition in Arabic
- تَحْرِيض taḥrīḍ, فِتْنَة fitna
- sedition in Vietnamese
- sự xúi giục nổi loạn, cuộc nổi loạn, cuộc dấy loạn
Examples of sedition in a sentence
- It deserves particular attention, that treason will often be connected with seditions which embrace a large proportion of the community; as lately happened in Massachusetts.1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number LXXIII”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New...
- The prejudice against Indian settlers outside India is showing itself in a variety of ways: Under the impudent suggestion of sedition the Fiji Government has deported Mr.1922, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Freedom's Battle, Treatment of Indians Abroad:
Forms of sedition
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Origin of sedition
From Old French sedicion, from Latin sēditiō (“sedition, discord”), from sēd- (“apart”) (an alternative form of sē-) + itiō (“going”).
Words formed from sedition
- seditionary
- seditionist
- seditious conspiracy
Words that rhyme with sedition
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
- adposition
Questions about sedition
- What does sedition mean?
- Sedition means organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
- What is sedition in Hindi?
- Sedition in Hindi is राजद्रोह, देशद्रोह. See Sedition meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use sedition in a sentence?
- It deserves particular attention, that treason will often be connected with seditions which embrace a large proportion of the community; as lately happened in Massachusetts.
- What part of speech is sedition?
- Sedition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sedition?
- Sedition is pronounced /səˈdɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of sedition?
- The plural of sedition is seditions.
Words near sedition in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sedition (page history and authors); sedition (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sedition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sedition (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sedition (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sedition (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sedition (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sedition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sedition (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sedition (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sedition (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sedition (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.
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