rĕbellĭo, ōnis, f. [rebello],
a renewal of war (by the conquered party), a revolt , rebellion (good prose; cf.: defectio, seditio): rebellio facta post deditionem, Caes. B. G. 3, 10; so, facere, id. ib. 4, 30; 4, 38: parare, Tac. A. 1, 55: coeptare, id. ib. 3, 40: comprimere, id. H. 2, 11: ad rebellionem spectare, Liv. 2, 18: ad rebellionem compellere, id. 9, 41: nihil rebellionis timere, id. 2, 16: Germaniae, Suet. Calig. 51: trium principum, id. Vesp. 1.— In plur.: multis Carthaginiensium rebellionibus, * Cic. Scaur. 19, 42.