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defiance
 
SYLLABICATION:de·fi·ance
PRONUNCIATION:  d-fns
NOUN:1. The act or an example of defying; bold resistance to an opposing force or authority. 2. Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude; readiness to contend or resist.
IDIOM:in defiance of In spite of; contrary to: went on strike in defiance of union policy.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English defiaunce, from Old French desfiance, from desfier, to defy. See defy.
 
 
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