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Meanings of open defiance in English

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Usage of open defiance in English
1
As for Sir Hugh de Fruges, I give him my open defiance.
At Agincourt
2
Bill Warden threw up his head with a gesture of open defiance.
The Odds / And Other Stories
3
In open defiance of Mursi, some judges are refusing to acknowledge that step.
Reuters
4
He had not invited her to open defiance of the world.
The Whirlpool
5
With the episode of the swinging shelf, however, she flared into open defiance.
The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin; Or, Paddles Down
6
To this act of open defiance it was impossible for Washington to submit.
Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 / Revised, Enlarged, and ...
7
She met the open defiance, scorn, and reluctant admiration of his glance, .
Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self
8
She nodded, and turned the vacuum on again, in open defiance of him.
The cottage
9
She could not ignore such open defiance; it must be punished in some way.
Tabitha at Ivy Hall
10
In open defiance of Mr Morsi, some judges are refusing to acknowledge that step.
The Irish Times
11
He did not like this open defiance of the forces of law and order.
Patsy
12
To this act of open defiance, it was impossible for the President to submit.
The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 / Commander in Chief of th...
13
Columbus was now at open defiance with his crew, and his situation became desperate.
Macmillan's Reading Books. Book V
14
This was an open defiance, and, of course, was something Merriwell could not overlook.
Frank Merriwell's Chums
15
Charlie looked at Ish, and Ish knew that this was the crisis of open defiance.
Earth Abides
16
She wasn't used to open defiance, let alone ridicule.
The unnatural inquirer
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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