sublevation

CIDE DICTIONARY

sublevation, n. [L. sublevare to lift up; sub under + levare to lift, raise: cf. L. sublevatio an allevation.].

•  The act of raising on high; elevation.  Sir T. More.  [1913 Webster]
•  An uprising; an insurrection.  Sir W. Temple.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

sublevation

Elevation

N elevation, raising, erection, lift, sublevation, upheaval, sublimation, exaltation, prominence, lever, crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch, dredge, dredger, dredging machine, dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift, elevated, stilted, attollent, rampant, on stilts, on the shoulders of, on one's legs, on one's hind legs.