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Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-fahy-uh ns

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfaɪ əns

Definition of defiance

Origin : c.1300, from Old French desfiance "challenge, declaration of war," from desfiant, present participle of desfier (see defy).

noun disobedience, disregard

Example sentences :

They set the battle in array, they uttered cries of defiance.
Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum

The heralds returned with an answer of defiance from the hill boys.
Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

The first look that they gave at the upper world was a glare of wrath and defiance.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

She ate as well as spoke in a hurried manner, and as if in defiance of her feelings.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

This was to throw a sort of defiance to the fear; and certainly as often as I did so it abated.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

So Aduan danced alone, and he danced with joy or defiance according to the music.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

All her defiance of him, of the law, only made her appeal the more surely.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Gone is her love of adventure; gone is her defiance of convention; gone is—is her independence.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

He strove to do so by acting almost in defiance of his nature, by fostering deception.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

As she came back she looked at Hermione with defiance in her eyes.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

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