Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude.
1 But ultimately all three Irish teams' defiance against French opposition proved futile.
2 The boy was silent; defiance and fear struggled in the dark eyes.
3 Four trusts ignored the requests, in defiance of freedom of information rules.
4 I like the sound of that defiance ; it has the right ring.
5 Dad refused to believe it; naming me was a note of defiance .
6 He had kept the Diamond, in flat defiance of assassination, in India.
7 One year later, we faced him and bared our breasts in defiance .
8 The light of defiance shone once more in the eyes of Thayendanegea.
9 It doesn't come from Churchill's defiance or the words of present-day politicians.
10 There they try to continue their love affair in defiance of tradition.
11 In defiance of protocol they'd been given seats around the long table.
12 I repeated her question, and audibly heard the spirit's whisper of defiance .
13 In defiance of the statute, the Lord Mayor refused to hear it.
14 There was no defiance in his attitude; of that I am sure.
15 Also read: In Headlines: Newspapers around the world shocked by Mugabe defiance
16 News International is an empire built on personal loyalty and clannish defiance .
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