Defiance Meaning. In bold resistance to someone or someones orders. Jane spent the afternoon in the park in defiance of her mothers instructions.
The workers acted in defiance of a Labor Ministry order for mandatory conciliation. Of to from by with. We owe this lovely descriptive term to the French specifically to the Old French word defier which means to defy.
Resistance challenge opposition confrontation More Synonyms of defiance.
Behaviour in which you refuse to obey someone or something. Dfiance de soi noun. COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary. Vote of no confidence.
