Bible Dictionaries
Sedition

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Dissension; division; schism.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sedition'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sedition.html. 1828.