Other forms: insurrections
An insurrection is a violent rising against those in power. Put down the insurrection, an armed insurrection, charged with insurrection.
It is heavier than a riot and lighter than a revolution: an insurrection aims at the government but has not yet won. It is a named crime in many legal codes, which is why the word appears in charges.
1nouninsurrectionA violent rising against those in power.
“The army was called in to put down the armed insurrection in the capital.”
insurrection is a rising.
Latin insurrectio comes from insurgere, to rise up, from in- plus surgere, to rise.
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃reǵ- — to right oneself, straighten; just; right
Latin
īnsurrēctiōnem
Old French
insurreccïon
Middle French
insurrection
Middle English
insurreccion — uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault
English, today
insurrection
Built from
From Late Middle English insurreccion (“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”)insurreccyon, insurrecion, insurrection, insurrecyon, insurrexyon, 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- + surgō (“to arise, get up; to rise”) (from sub- + regō (“to direct, govern, rule; to guide, steer; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”))).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA