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