[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

defiance \defi"ance\, n. of. defiance, desfiance, challenge,
   fr. desfier to challenge, f. d'efier. see defy.
   1. the act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to
      combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.
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            a war without a just defiance made.   --dryden.
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            stood for her cause, and flung defiance down.
                                                  --tennyson.
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   2. a state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition
      to resist; contempt of opposition.
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            he breathed defiance to my ears.      --shak.
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   3. a casting aside; renunciation; rejection. obs. "defiance
      to thy kindness." --ford.
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   to bid defiance, to set at defiance, to defy; to
      disregard recklessly or contemptuously. --locke.
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see also:
defy to bid defiance to set at defiance 

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