Thesaurus: defiance

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1. n. The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.
2. n. A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.
3. n. A casting aside; renunciation; rejection.
4. n. intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
5. n. a hostile challenge
6. n. a defiant act
7. 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.
8. i:17/n:83 n. intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude n. a hostile challenge n. a defiant act