\Se*di"tion\, n. [OE. sedicioun, OF. sedition, F.
s['e]dition, fr. L. seditio, originally, a going aside;
hence, an insurrectionary separation; pref. se-, sed-, aside
+ itio a going, fr. ire, itum, to go. Cf. {Issue}.]
1. 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.
         In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The
         cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. --Shak.
         Noisy demagogues who had been accused of sedition.
                                               --Macaulay.
2. Dissension; division; schism. [Obs.]
         Now the works of the flesh are manifest, . . .
         emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies.
                                               --Gal. v. 19,
                                               20.
Syn: Insurrection; tumult; uproar; riot; rebellion; revolt.
     See {Insurrection}.