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Significados de defiance em inglês

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Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude.

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Uso de defiance em inglês
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But ultimately all three Irish teams' defiance against French opposition proved futile.
The Irish Times
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The boy was silent; defiance and fear struggled in the dark eyes.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896
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Four trusts ignored the requests, in defiance of freedom of information rules.
The Guardian
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I like the sound of that defiance; it has the right ring.
The Whirlpool
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Dad refused to believe it; naming me was a note of defiance.
The Door Into Summer
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He had kept the Diamond, in flat defiance of assassination, in India.
The Moonstone
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One year later, we faced him and bared our breasts in defiance.
The Guardian
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The light of defiance shone once more in the eyes of Thayendanegea.
The Scouts of the Valley
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It doesn't come from Churchill's defiance or the words of present-day politicians.
The Guardian
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There they try to continue their love affair in defiance of tradition.
Reuters
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In defiance of protocol they'd been given seats around the long table.
The unincorporated man
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I repeated her question, and audibly heard the spirit's whisper of defiance.
The ghost chronicles
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In defiance of the statute, the Lord Mayor refused to hear it.
Prisoner for Blasphemy
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There was no defiance in his attitude; of that I am sure.
Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts: A Book of Stories
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Also read: In Headlines: Newspapers around the world shocked by Mugabe defiance
The South African
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News International is an empire built on personal loyalty and clannish defiance.
The Guardian
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Translations for defiance
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Defiance ao longo do tempo
Defiance nas variantes da língua
Reino Unido
Comum
Irlanda
Comum
Estados Unidos da América
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