'Defiance' definitions:
Definition of 'defiance'
(from WordNet)
noun
Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude [syn: defiance, rebelliousness]
noun
A hostile challenge
noun
A defiant act
Definition of 'Defiance'
From: GCIDE
- Defiance \De*fi"ance\, n. [OF. defiance, desfiance, challenge, fr. desfier to challenge, F. d['e]fier. See Defy.]
- 1. The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat. [1913 Webster]
- A war without a just defiance made. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Stood for her cause, and flung defiance down. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition. [1913 Webster]
- He breathed defiance to my ears. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A casting aside; renunciation; rejection. [Obs.] "Defiance to thy kindness." --Ford. [1913 Webster]
- To bid defiance, To set at defiance, to defy; to disregard recklessly or contemptuously. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'defiance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- audacity,
- boldness,
- bravado,
- brazenness,
- call,
- cartel,
- challenge,
- combative reaction,
- command,
- complaint,
- contempt,
- contrariness,
- contumaciousness,
- contumacy,
- counteraction,
- dare,
- declaration of war,
- defi,
- defiance of authority,
- defy,
- demur,
- despite,
- dispute,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- effrontery,
- factiousness,
- fractiousness,
- hardihood,
- headstrongness,
- impudence,
- incorrigibility,
- indocility,
- indomitability,
- insolence,
- insubordination,
- insuppressibility,
- insurgency,
- intractability,
- intractableness,
- irrepressibility,
- muster,
- negativism,
- noncooperation,
- objection,
- obstinacy,
- obstreperousness,
- opposition,
- order,
- orneriness,
- passive resistance,
- perversity,
- protest,
- reaction,
- rebelliousness,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- recalcitration,
- refractoriness,
- reluctance,
- remonstrance,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- repellence,
- repellency,
- repulse,
- repulsion,
- resistance,
- restiveness,
- revolt,
- shrewishness,
- stand,
- stubbornness,
- stump,
- summons,
- temerity,
- uncontrollability,
- uncooperativeness,
- ungovernability,
- unmalleability,
- unmanageability,
- unmoldableness,
- unruliness,
- unsubmissiveness,
- untamableness,
- wildness,
- withstanding
Defiance, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Defiance, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000) :
16465
Housing Units (2000) :
7061
Land area (2000) :
10.538139 sq. miles (27.293653 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.488358 sq. miles (1.264841 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
11.026497 sq. miles (28.558494 sq. km)
FIPS code :
21308
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
41.281891 N, 84.362856 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
43512
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Defiance, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Defiance, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000) :
346
Housing Units (2000) :
131
Land area (2000) :
0.398193 sq. miles (1.031314 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.398193 sq. miles (1.031314 sq. km)
FIPS code :
19585
Located within :
Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location :
41.824740 N, 95.342056 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Defiance -- U.S. County in Ohio
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Defiance -- U.S. County in Ohio
Population (2000) :
39500
Housing Units (2000) :
16040
Land area (2000) :
411.158299 sq. miles (1064.895060 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
3.027456 sq. miles (7.841076 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
414.185755 sq. miles (1072.736136 sq. km)
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
41.304320 N, 84.462745 W