REVOLT Copy link • REVOLT 1. s. defectio (abaliquo): rebellio: rebellium (resumption of hostilities by a conquered party, or one who has been compelled to maintain peace). To attempt or plan a revolt, defectionem moliri, attentare. 2. v. rebellare: rebellionem facere (to renew a war, to rise again; of a vanquished people): seditionem movere (general term to raise a disturbance): imperium auspiciumque abnuere (to refuse obedience; of soldiers, Liv., 27, 27). To revolt against anyone, resistere alicui (to oppose): imperium alicujus detrectare (to refuse obedience to): deficere ab aliquo or ab alicujus imperio, desciscere ab aliquo (to fall off from).