Meaning & use
defiance
Open resistance or bold refusal to obey a person, rule, or authority.
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In an act of defiance, the workers refused to leave the factory floor.
The teenager's defiance frustrated her parents throughout the difficult year.
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Often used in the phrase "in defiance of," meaning despite or against something.
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