• (GA) IPA: /ɹɪˈvoʊlt/
• (RP) IPA: /ɹɪˈvəʊlt/
• (British) IPA: /ɹɪˈvɒlt/

revolt (revolts, present participle revolting; past and past participle revolted)

1. To rebel, particularly against authority.

   The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.

   • c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene i]:

     Our discontented counties do revolt.

2. To repel greatly.

   Your brother revolts me!

   • This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.

   • To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creature revolted his conscience and offended his reason.

3. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
4. (intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.

   The stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.

5. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
   • 1673, John Milton, “Sonnet XII. On the ſame.”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occaſions., London: Printed for Tho. Dring […] , OCLC 1050806759 ↗, page 57 ↗:

     And ſtill revolt when truth would ſet them free.

   • His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.

• French: révolter
• German: revoltieren
• Portuguese: revoltar
• Russian: восстава́ть
• Spanish: alzarse en protesta

• French: révolter

revolt

1. An act of revolt.

   Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion

• French: révolte
• German: Revolte
• Italian: rivolta
• Portuguese: revolta, rebelião
• Russian: восста́ние
• Spanish: rebelión, revuelta

• revolting