taking up arms
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
resistance · mobilize · enlist · warfare · combat · insurrection · fighting · guerrilla · mutiny · conscription · rallying · defiance · insurgent · liberation · muskets · barricades · trenches · battle
conflict stance
taking up armslaying down arms
Agreeing to stop fighting
making peace · surrendering · peaceful resistance · nonviolent protest · pacifism
military status
taking up armsdisarming
Allaying suspicion through warmth
laying down arms · demobilizing · disarmament · standing down · demilitarization
submission vs. resistance
taking up armscapitulating
Ceasing to resist
surrendering · laying down arms · submitting · yielding · acquiescing