Another word for defiance
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Noun
Behavior or an act that is intentionally provocative
- The act of provoking or inciting.
- Something that provokes.
- A call to engage in a contest, fight, or competition:
- An act or statement of defiance; a call to confrontation:
- A demand for explanation or justification; a calling into question:
See also:The disposition boldly to defy or resist authority or an opposing force
- The state of being recalcitrant.
- In spite of; notwithstanding:
- Contemptuous defiance or disregard.
- Spite; malice:
- Obstinate or contemptuous resistance to authority; stubborn rebelliousness.
- The feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn.
- The state of being despised or dishonored:
- Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
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Another word for defiance
Noun
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- The action or an instance of rebellion; an insurrection.
- The act or an instance of resisting or the capacity to resist.
- A force that tends to oppose or retard motion.
- An underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation.
- Open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government.
- An instance of this.
- Defiance toward an authority or established convention:
- The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.
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Idioms:
in defiance of
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