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defiance

1

[ dih-fahy-uhns ]

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.


Defiance

2

[ dih-fahy-uhns ]

noun

  1. a city in NW Ohio.

defiance

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noun

  1. open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power
  2. a challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of defiance1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French; equivalent to defy + -ance
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Idioms and Phrases

  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.

More idioms and phrases containing defiance

see in defiance of .
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Example Sentences

Each day brings news of another government agency gutted or federal program eliminated in open defiance of laws passed by Congress.

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Trump’s latest push for deportations, and California’s defiance, puts local law enforcement officials in a precarious spot.

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AFP reported that he told the crowd that the demonstration was "an act of defiance against fascism".

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The group performed under their new name NJZ, in seeming defiance of last week's ruling.

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Henry will brook no defiance, no matter how allusive, and so Cromwell must die under the shadow of an axe.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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