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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91. In those circumstances, voting to strike may be a final gesture of defiance.
92. He filled up the doorway with his uneasy bulk and there was defiance in his eyes.
93. He is a man of miracles and redemption, crime and defiance.
94. The defiant child uses bossiness and defiance in an attempt to feel secure.
95. I drew my own sword, shouting defiance and encouragement to the rest.
96. Diego Maradona played in a charity exhibition on Wednesday in apparent defiance of his worldwide suspension for use of cocaine.
97. Radical socialists urged that the Soviet was in a position to establish a revolutionary government in defiance of the Duma Committee.
98. Her defiance also seemed to strengthen Roy's resolve to put up with the treatment and get well.
99. He is fighting for a second term and claims the support of other key nations in defiance of the Clinton administration.
100. Their condition ranged from pallid shock to profane defiance.
101. There was a look of defiance in his eyes.
102. It had perhaps been his boyish defiance.
103. She looked at him with a gleam of defiance.
104. The rebuff keyed Roth to defiance.
105. His defiance of the law cost him dearly.
106. Brook It implies self-assertion and defiance.
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110. They glanced at him, shamefaced, yet in their eyes was an odd, triumphant defiance.
111. A man demonised for centuries in British culture has become an icon of dissidence and defiance.
112. Automatic Switches used as traffic distributors in manual exchanges ( Indianapolis, Indiana and Defiance, Ohio ).
113. But such displays of defiance belie a widening sense of despair among Mr Ahmadinejad's opponents.
114. There the dwarf lay, snapping his fingers with gestures of defiance and contempt.
115. Perhaps the consciousness encouraged a little defiance towards the critical strictness of persons.
116. But only now is that birth being refused all guardianship, in defiance of international law.
117. Immense but heroic defiance, for the old faubourg is a hero.
118. The presidentthe vote in defiance of Honduras'Supreme Court, which had declared the measure illegal.
119. He sent one glare of fierce , exultant defiance at the man in collar and cravat now.
120. For all the president's defiance, the French have been knocked by the response to the Romani row.
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