meaning of mutiny
1. Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination.
2. Violent commotion; tumult; strife.
3. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against ones superior officer, or any rightful authority.
4. To fall into strife; to quarrel.
5. open rebellion against constituted authority especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers
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