Definition of mutiny
- n. - 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.
- n. - Violent commotion; tumult; strife.
- v. i. - To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in
military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or
mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any
rightful authority.
- v. i. - To fall into strife; to quarrel.