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rebelling en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English rebellyng; equivalent to rebel + -ing.

Meanings

  1. An act or feeling of rebellion.
    • Clarice, who had obeyed with much patience, although not without some inward rebellings, the dictation of those elders, now felt with a thrill of joy that the time of her freedom had come at last. 1909, Justin McCarthy, Julian Revelstone: A Romance, page 41:

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rebelling en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English rebellyng; equivalent to rebel + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of rebel
    form of rebel