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Defiance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Defiance? [n] a defiant act [n] intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude [n] a hostile challenge Synonyms \| Synonyms for Defiance: rebelliousness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Defiance: audacity \| boldness \| bravado \| brazenness \| call \| cartel \| challenge \| combative reaction \| command \| complaint \| contempt \| contrariness \| contumaciousness \| contumacy \| counteraction \| dare \| declaration of war \| defi \| defiance of authority \| defy \| demur \| despite \| dispute \| dissent \| dissentience \| effrontery \| factiousness \| fractiousness \| hardihood \| headstrongness \| impudence \| incorrigibility \| indocility \| indomitability \| insolence \| insubordination \| insuppressibility \| insurgency \| intractability \| intractableness \| irrepressibility \| muster \| negativism \| noncooperation \| objection \| obstinacy \| obstreperousness \| opposition \| order \| orneriness \| passive resistance \| perversity \| protest \| reaction \| rebelliousness \| rebuff \| recalcitrance \| recalcitrancy \| recalcitration \| refractoriness \| reluctance \| remonstrance \| renitence \| renitency \| repellence \| repellency \| repulse \| repulsion \| resistance \| restiveness \| revolt \| shrewishness \| stand \| stubbornness \| stump \| summons \| temerity \| uncontrollability \| uncooperativeness \| ungovernability \| unmalleability \| unmanageability \| unmoldableness \| unruliness \| unsubmissiveness \| untamableness \| wildness \| withstanding See Also \| challenge \| insubordination \| intractability \| intractableness \| obstreperousness \| resistance Defiance In Webster's Dictionary \De*fi"ance\, n. [OF. defiance, desfiance, challenge, fr. desfier to challenge, F. d['e]fier. See {Defy}.] 1. The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat. A war without a just defiance made. --Dryden. Stood for her cause, and flung defiance down. --Tennyson. 2. A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition. He breathed defiance to my ears. --Shak. 3. A casting aside; renunciation; rejection. [Obs.] ``Defiance to thy kindness.'' --Ford. {To bid defiance}, {To set at defiance}, to defy; to disregard recklessly or contemptuously. --Locke.

Defiance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Defiance?

[n] a defiant act
[n] intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
[n] a hostile challenge

Synonyms | Synonyms for Defiance: rebelliousness

Defiance In Webster's Dictionary

\De*fi"ance\, n. [OF. defiance, desfiance, challenge,
fr. desfier to challenge, F. d['e]fier. See {Defy}.]
1. The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to
   combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.

         A war without a just defiance made.   --Dryden.

         Stood for her cause, and flung defiance down.
                                               --Tennyson.

2. A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition
   to resist; contempt of opposition.

         He breathed defiance to my ears.      --Shak.

3. A casting aside; renunciation; rejection. [Obs.]
   ``Defiance to thy kindness.'' --Ford.

{To bid defiance}, {To set at defiance}, to defy; to
   disregard recklessly or contemptuously. --Locke.

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