defiance
IPA: dɪfˈaɪʌns
noun
- The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.
- Open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power.
- A challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge.
- A small city in Shelby County, Iowa, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States.
- A former community in Worth County, Missouri.
- A city, the county seat of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. Named after Fort Defiance.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Examples of "defiance" in Sentences
- He seems to be the youngest member of the Omega Defiance.
- The character's defiance in the face of death was amazing.
- It is the only high school in the Defiance City Schools district.
- He returned to Defiance in 1896 and continued the practice of law.
- Tamil Nadu aghast at the defiance, went back to the Supreme Court.
- Herder presented formal defiance of the age of reason and Enlightenment.
- After the battle and the defiance of the deity, God stormed off in a rage.
- The 1990's led to bands such as Defiance, Resist, Detestation, and Tragedy.
- The bank is the largest subsidiary of First Defiance Financial Corporation.
- Fort Defiance was constructed on the site of the former Fort Morris in 1814.
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