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defiance
1[ dih-fahy-uhns ]
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.
Defiance
2[ dih-fahy-uhns ]
noun
- a city in NW Ohio.
defiance
/ ɪˈڲɪəԲ /
noun
- open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power
- a challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge
Other Word Forms
- ԴDzd·ھaԳ noun
- d·ھaԳ noun
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- bid defiance to, to offer resistance; defy.
- in defiance of, in spite of; notwithstanding:
There was a splendid audience in defiance of the rainstorm.
More idioms and phrases containing defiance
see in defiance of .Example Sentences
Recent polls suggest that framing could be broadly popular — and that refusing to bring back a man admittedly expelled by mistake, in defiance of the Supreme Court, is not.
“Yet despite this judicial warning, and despite multiple members of the public attempting to alert the City Council during public comment, they proceeded in known defiance.”
On the streets of Gaza, more and more Palestinians are expressing open defiance against the armed group that's ruled the strip for almost 20 years.
The defense secretary's repeated use of third-party encryption apps to share sensitive information in defiance of DoD policy has cast an unflattering spotlight on his short tenure.
In fact, all 200 or so deportees on those flights have been illegally rendered to El Salvador in blatant defiance of a judge’s court order to stop them or return those already in the air.
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