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mutiny

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  1. rebellion             
 
mu.ti.ny \'myu:t-*n-e-, 'myu:t-ne-\ n [mutine to rebel, fr. MF (se) 
   mutiner, fr. mutin mutino]us, fr. meute revolt, fr. (assumed) VL movita, 
   fr. fem. of movitus, alter. of L motus, pp. of move-re to move obs  1: 
   TUMULT  2: willful refusal to obey constituted authority; specif : revolt a 
   gainst a superior officer - mutiny vi