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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Mutiny

/myo͞oʹtə-nē/ · Mu·ti·ny · IPA /ˈmju.tə.ni/
01 n. Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or t…
pl. Mutinies ((#))
  1. 1.
    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.
    “In every mutiny against the discipline of the college, he was the ringleader.” — Macaulay.
  2. 2.
    Violent commotion; tumult; strife.[Obs.]
    “To raise a mutiny betwixt yourselves.” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
Mutiny act — an English statute reenacted annually to punish mutiny and desertion.
Syn. See Insurrection.
02 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 conduc…
imp. & p. p. Mutinied; p. pr. & vb. n. Mutinying
  1. 1.
    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.
  2. 2.
    To fall into strife; to quarrel.[Obs.]