defiance









defiance


noun

  1. a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
  2. open disregard; contempt (often followed by of): defiance of danger; His refusal amounted to defiance.
  3. a challenge to meet in combat or in a contest.
Idioms

  1. bid defiance to, to offer resistance; defy.
  2. in defiance of, in spite of; notwithstanding: There was a splendid audience in defiance of the rainstorm.

noun

  1. a city in NW Ohio.

noun

  1. open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power
  2. a challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge
n.

c.1300, from Old French desfiance “challenge, declaration of war,” from desfiant, present participle of desfier (see defy).

see in defiance of.

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