Definition of defiance

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

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Square :: Square (v. i.) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel..
Dare :: Dare (n.) Defiance; challenge.
Defy :: Defy (v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion..
Cartel :: Cartel (n.) A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat.
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.
Provoke :: Provoke (v. t.) To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate..
Scowl :: Scowl (v. t.) To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance..
Crow :: Crow (v. i.) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance..
Beard :: Beard (v. t.) To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.
Bravery :: Bravery (n.) The act of braving; defiance; bravado.
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.
Rebellion :: Rebellion (v. i.) Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority..
Bravo :: Bravo (a.) A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
Despite :: Despite (prep.) In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices..
Brustle :: Brustle (v. i.) To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
Gage :: Gage (n.) A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance..
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) A casting aside; renunciation; rejection.
Defiant :: Defiant (a.) Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act..
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat..
Brave :: Brave (v. t.) To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.
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