Synonym: rebelliousness. Similar words: alliance, appliance, compliance, defile, define, deficit, definite, definitive. Meaning: [dɪ'faɪəns] n. 1. intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude 2. a hostile challenge 3. a defiant act.
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61. Yet there could be no more symbolic act of defiance than a currency with a separate exchange rate against the rouble.
62. His eyes roved to the perimeter fences where the lights still shone as if in defiance of the coming day.
63. Bobby Robson once said, more in defiance than belief, that Gascoigne could be his Maradona.
64. I had gone against their wishes in a public expression of defiance.
65. Eisenhower could not so easily deflect a response to state defiance.
66. Local defiance of central government policies and rejection of its ultimate authority overturned traditional conventions of central-local relations.
67. Now that Luke no longer wanted her, he wouldn't care about anything she did, so no action of hers constituted defiance.
68. His defiance of Uncle Sam has even earned him a grudging respect.
69. The defiance of the coroner at last brought the legal issue into the open in a way which had hitherto been avoided.
70. In 1917, as if in defiance of the death and destruction all around him, Modigliani painted his most glorious series of nudes.
71. Some way ahead in the bushes a horse bellowed, and Cynan's angry voice roared defiance.
72. Willys, in defiance of the royal wishes, marched out to welcome his old commanding officer.
73. That act of defiance warmed her even now, just thinking of it.
74. Several opposition parties interpreted Mr Gonzalez's attitude as defiance of public opinion.
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75. She tries to work up a kind of defiance, an attitude.
76. He was annoyed by Blanche's defiance yet he also admired it.
77. Marchers gathered in defiance of a government order that banned May Day celebrations and protests.
78. An act of defiance it had been, and look where it had got her.
79. Your goal is to provide tender; loving care in spite of his negativity and defiance.
80. When the brandy arrived, he filled a glass and tossed it off, in a gesture of childish defiance.
81. Many point to her act of defiance as the birth of the civil-rights movement.
82. The university had a policy that prohibited indoor demonstrations. In the spirit of defiance we decided to take Hamilton Hall.
83. It puffed its chest, raised its upper body, and threw back the head in a gesture of defiance.
84. His unexpected presence may be interpreted, rightly or wrongly, as a deed deliberately intended to express his courage or defiance.
85. Businessmen fretted that no good could come of such defiance; students delighted in the courage of their mainland counterparts.
86. By sheer brute strength and blind defiance of the laws of gravity he almost reached the top of the incline.
87. Every day of his liberty is a defiance. Secret negotiations are under way with jailed mobsters to bring him down.
88. His movement col-lapsed within three years, but his defiance assumed legendary proportions.
89. She knew him, and could imagine his state now, half surly defiance, half anxious and defensive fear.
90. The stem of the poppy snakes down and up again, in defiance of gravity, the head faces the viewer.
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