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Added 9 October 2026

revolt

/ɹɪˈvoʊlt/ noun

Latin root: revolvō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about revolt at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.

verb

Make revolution.
The people revolted when bread prices tripled again
Fill with distaste.
This spoilt food disgusts me
Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of.
The pornographic pictures sickened us

Origin

Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the verb voltare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *revoltāre < *revolvitāre, for *revolūtāre, frequentative of Latin revolvō (“roll back”) (through its past participle revolūtus). Compare typologically Russian переворо́т (perevorót) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ).

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