Is true that it is resistance but so many crimes involve resistance to lawful authority, the resitance here is not a matter of trying to get away with a crime but rather that of encourageing rebellion or at least widespread contempt and violation of authority.
________________
se·di·tion
Pronunciation Key (s-dshn) n.
1.Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.
2.Insurrection; rebellion.
[Middle English sedicioun, violent party strife, from Old French sedition, from Latin sditi,
sditin- : sd-, s-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European Roots + iti, act of going (from itus,
past participle of re, to go. See ei- in Indo-European Roots).]
se·dition·ist n.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
sedition
\Se*di"tion\, n. [OE. sedicioun, OF. sedition, F. s['e]dition, fr. L. seditio, originally, a going aside; hence,
an insurrectionary separation; pref. se-, sed-, aside + itio a going, fr. ire, itum, to go. Cf. Issue.] 1. The
raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an
overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority.
In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. --Shak.
Noisy demagogues who had been accused of sedition. --Macaulay.
2. Dissension; division; schism. [Obs.]
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, . . . emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies. --Gal. v. 19, 20.
Syn: Insurrection; tumult; uproar; riot; rebellion; revolt. See Insurrection.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
sedition
n : an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow
of the government
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
dictionary.reference.com
_________________
One entry found for sedition.
Main Entry: se·di·tion
Pronunciation: si-'di-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin sedition-, seditio, literally, separation, from se- apart + ition-, itio act of going, from ire to go -- more at SECEDE, ISSUE
Date: 14th century
: incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority
m-w.com |
