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 Definitions of defiance  [ɪˈfaɪ əns]  

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Definition of 'defiance' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) defiance
a bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.

2.  defiance
a challenge, as to meet in combat.


Definition of 'defiance' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) defiance, rebelliousness
intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude

2. (noun) defiance
a hostile challenge

3. (noun) defiance
a defiant act


Definition of 'defiance' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) defiance
complete refusal to obey
a look of defiance in his eyes; the group's defiance of the law; actions in defiance of the law


Definition of 'defiance' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) defiance
the act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat

2. (noun) defiance
a state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition

3. (noun) defiance
a casting aside; renunciation; rejection


Translation of 'defiance' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: open disobedience; challenging or opposition
He went in defiance of my orders.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: minagting, oortreding Arabic flag Arabic: عَدم إكْتِراث، تَحَدِّ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: незачитане
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desafio Czech flag Czech: (otevřený) odpor, vzdor German flag German: der Trotz
Danish flag Danish: trods Greek flag Greek: απείθεια Spanish flag Spanish: desafío
Estonian flag Estonian: trots Farsi flag Farsi: نافرمانی؛ گردنکشی Finnish flag Finnish: uhma
French flag French: défi Hebrew flag Hebrew: הִתנַגדוּת גְלוּיָה Hindi flag Hindi: अवज्ञा, चुनौती
Croatian flag Croatian: izazov, prkos Hungarian flag Hungarian: szembeszegülés; dac Indonesian flag Indonesian: tantangan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: andstaða Italian flag Italian: sfida Japanese flag Japanese: 無視
Korean flag Korean: 무시, 도전 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nesiskaitymas, nepaklusnu Latvian flag Latvian: par spīti
Malay flag Malay: tentangan Dutch flag Dutch: trotsering Norwegian flag Norwegian: trass, tross, utfordring
Polish flag Polish: nieposłuszeństwo, opór Persian flag Persian: نافرمانی؛ گردنکشی Pashto flag Pashto: جنګ ته را بلنه: بې پروايى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desafio Romanian flag Romanian: sfidare Russian flag Russian: вызов
Slovak flag Slovak: vzdor Slovenian flag Slovenian: kljubovanje Serbian flag Serbian: prkos
Swedish flag Swedish: utmaning, trots, hån Thai flag Thai: การไม่เชื่อฟัง; การท้าทาย Turkish flag Turkish: karşı gelme, kafa tutma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 挑戰,違抗 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: виклик; відверта відмова Urdu flag Urdu: سرکشی ، جراءت آمیز مدافعت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự thách thức Chinese flag Chinese: 挑战,违抗

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