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uprising (n.)

mid-13c., "action of rising from death or the grave, resurrection," from up (adv.) + rising (n.). Meaning "action of rising from bed" is recorded from c. 1300; sense of "insurrection, popular revolt" first attested 1580s.

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Definitions of uprising from WordNet

uprising (n.)
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another;
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