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Rebel fed up with revolutionary, etc (6)

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I believe the answer is:

defect

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'rebel' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'fed up with revolutionary etc' is the wordplay.
'up' says the letters should be written backwards (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'revolutionary' is an anagram indicator.
'fed' backwards is 'def'.
'etc' is an anagram of 'ect'.
'def'+'ect'='DEFECT'

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(Other definitions for defect that I've seen before include "go over to the other side" , "Desert - blemish" , "Fault, flaw" , "Blemish, fault" , "Abandon one's country in favour of an opposing one" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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