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n. The act or an example of defying; bold resistance to an opposing force or authority.

n. Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude; readiness to contend or resist.

idiom. in defiance of In spite of; contrary to: went on strike in defiance of union policy.

n. The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.

n. The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.

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

n. A casting aside; renunciation; rejection.

n. Suspicion; mistrust.

n. The act of one who defies; a challenge to fight; an invitation to combat; a call to an adversary to fight if he dare.

n. A challenge to meet in any contest; a call upon one to make good any assertion or charge; an invitation to maintain any cause or point.

n. Contempt of opposition or danger; a daring or resistance that implies contempt of an adversary, or disregard of any opposing force: as, he pressed forward in defiance of the storm.

n. intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude

n. a hostile challenge

n. a defiant act

"Now I feel by imperceptible signs, which I cannot yet interpret but will later, that his defiance is about to thaw."

to set at defiance   

challenge    resistance   

to bid defiance to   

challenge    provocation    renunciation    rejection   

alliance    appliance    compliance    noncompliance    pseudoscience    reliance    science   

contempt    anger    impatience    indifference    triumph    irony    determination    disregard    bitterness    mockery