noun
- a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
- open disregard; contempt (often followed by of): defiance of danger; His refusal amounted to defiance.
- a challenge to meet in combat or in a contest.
- bid defiance to, to offer resistance; defy.
- in defiance of, in spite of; notwithstanding: There was a splendid audience in defiance of the rainstorm.
noun
- a city in NW Ohio.
noun
- open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power
- a challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge
c.1300, from Old French desfiance “challenge, declaration of war,” from desfiant, present participle of desfier (see defy).
see in defiance of.