verb
- fighting against or refusing to obey authority, control, or tradition
Usage: present participle of rebel
Examples
- The teenagers were rebelling against their parents’ strict rules.
- Citizens began rebelling against the oppressive government.
- She was rebelling against traditional expectations for women.
- The students were rebelling against the new dress code policy.
- He spent his youth rebelling against authority figures.
- The colonists were rebelling against unfair taxation.