Mutinies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mutiny \Mu"ti*ny\, n.; pl. {Mutinies}. [From mutine to mutiny,
     fr. F. se mutiner, fr. F. mutin stubborn, mutinous, fr. OF.
     meute riot, LL. movita, fr. movitus, for L. motus, p. p. of
     movere to move. See {Move}.]
     1. Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly
        military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the


        rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior
        officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful
        authority; insubordination.
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              In every mutiny against the discipline of the
              college, he was the ringleader.       --Macaulay.
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     2. Violent commotion; tumult; strife. [Obs.]
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              To raise a mutiny betwixt yourselves. --Shak.
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     {Mutiny act} (Law), an English statute reenacted annually to
        punish mutiny and desertion. --Wharton.
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     Syn: See {Insurrection}.
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