mutiny

[Eng. mut in (e); -y: Fr. mut in (for O. Fr. meutin , from meute); Fr. émeute =a sedition; from Low Lat. mot a a pack of hounds, from motus , pa. par. of moveo to move; O. Ital. muti no a mutiny; Sp. & Port. mot in .] 1. Forcible resistance to or revolt against constituted authority; spec if., a rising of sailors or soldiers against the authority of their officers; open resistance to officers or their authority. 2. Any rebellion or opposition to legally-constituted authority; sedition. 3. Discord, strife. "Disturbing Jealousy suggest eth mutiny." Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis , 651. Indian mutiny , Indian mutinies: The mutiny of regiment after regiment of the native Bengal army in 1857 and 1858.