Sedition: alternatives and connections

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Sedition

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.

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Infraction 76% connected

The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law.

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Infringement 76% connected

The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution.

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Misdemeanor 76% connected

Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault.

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Violation 76% connected

The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.

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Seditious 74% connected

Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words.

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Seditious 74% connected

Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words.

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