Usually means: Resistance against authority or control.
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  1. defiance: Merriam-Webster
  2. defiance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. defiance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. defiance: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Defiance, defiance: Wordnik
  7. defiance: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Defiance, defiance: Wiktionary
  9. defiance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. defiance: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. defiance: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Defiance, defiance: Dictionary.com
  13. defiance: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. defiance: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Defiance: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. defiance: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. defiance: Rhymezone
  19. defiance: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. defiance: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. defiance: FreeDictionary.org
  22. defiance: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. defiance: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. defiance: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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noun:  The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.
noun:  Open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power; refusing to give up.
noun:  A challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge.
noun:  A small city in Shelby County, Iowa, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States.
noun:  A former community in Worth County, Missouri.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. Named after Fort Defiance.
noun:  An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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