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Answer for the clue "Heather on bishop during dance: it's revolting! ", 9 letters:
rebelling

Word definitions for rebelling in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rebel \Re*bel"\ (r[-e]*b[e^]l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rebelled (r[-e]*b[e^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebelling .] [F. rebeller, fr. L. rebellare to make war again; pref. re- again + bellare to make war, fr. bellum war. See Bellicose , and cf. Revel to carouse.] ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
See rebel

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of rebel English)

Usage examples of rebelling.

How bitter it was that while they really were rebelling against their father, no one dared to put the term for traitor in their names.

She rose, muttering under her breath as her rebelling muscles made the effort graceless.

Of all the attacks that the New Republic team might face while helping Verkuyl's rebelling native workers oust the Empire, this obnoxious olfactory assault had never come up.

Without the fleet to encourage his surrender, Ein and his stormtroopers would simply crush the rebelling workers, and the three-- no, the four of them, counting Quarle--would be interrogated and then most likely killed.

Vartos and Claris would have been lost in vain, the rebelling Verkuylian workers would be purged, and the Empire would win--perhaps permanently.

Another part is that every time you think you're intimidated you're really rebelling on another level.

The simple fact is that I couldn't sleep nights, and nothing I tried in conventional 'cures' could help me, until I began to help myself by systematically rebelling against everything that seemed stronger than me.