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    [Noun]  | "de*fi*ance" | \ di-ˈfī-ən(t)s \


    1: the act or an instance of defying : challenge

    2: disposition to resist : willingness to contend or fight


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English diffiaunce, defyaunce, borrowed from Anglo-French defiance, difiaunce, from defier, desfier "to renounce, challenge, {see: |defy:1|defy:1}" + -ance, -aunce {see: |-ance|-ance};

    [Noun]  | "defiance" 


    1: refusal to obey;


      * e.g., " ... any defiance of the authoritarian regime would have dire consequences "





    2: the inclination to resist;


      * e.g., " ... the troubled youth seems to have an ingrained defiance to authority of any sort "





    3: an inclination to fight or quarrel;


      * e.g., " ... a deeply troubled person who seemed the very soul of defiance "





    [Phrase]  | "in defiance of" 


    1: without being prevented by;


      * e.g., " ... He got into a school across the country in defiance of his parents wish for him to attend a local college. "



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     [ "defiance" ]

    1: To opose what is expected, and sometimes what is right.

      * e.g.,  ... I am defiance personified. 

     [ "defiance" ]

    1: A town in Ohio graced with short sight and small minds; where your business is everyone else's; the black hole of goals; and the ball and chain of dreamers, truly a great place to live.

      * e.g.,  ... Town of Defiance: "What do you want to do with your life Jimmy?" 

     [ "defiance" ]

    1: a server for Ultima Online.

      * e.g.,  ... I played on the Defiance server last night 

     [ "defiance" ]

    1: against the law.

      * e.g.,  ... dude i went to the Defiance show last night it rocked. 


     [ "defiance" ]

    2: agains what people what.


     [ "defiance" ]

    3: Rad ass band

     [ "Defiance" ]

    1: A daring or bold resistance against any opposing force

      * e.g.,  ... Resisting arrest is a count of defiance 

     [ "Defiance" ]

    1: Car Club based around club jumpers. Won gold prize for high jump contest in a Walmart parking lot.

      * e.g.,  ... Hi I just jumped from my club can I join Defiance. 

     [ "Defiance, Ohio" ]

    1: A great Folk-Punk band from Columbus, Ohio.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey! Defiance, ohio is coming to town to do a show! 


     [ "Defiance, Ohio" ]

    2: Some great songs include:

      * e.g.,  ... Sweet, lets go to that! 


     [ "Defiance, Ohio" ]

    3: Bikes and Bridges


     [ "Defiance, Ohio" ]

    4: Hey Kathleen, are you hungry?


     [ "Defiance, Ohio" ]

    5: Im Just going to Leave...

     [ "defiance xcvi" ]

    1: A total dick who makes $17 dollars an hour stocking chips for Frito Lays and takes general studies at university.

      * e.g.,  ... Never be like defiance xcvi 

     [ "fort defiance high school" ]

    1: A school in Virginia, where all the administration think they are cops and bully the students. They don't know how to handle any situation correctly and harass students over pointless stuff. Overran by Mexicans and all the white kids think they are black, even the fake ass rednecks that are there. They only have about 4 black people but like I said all the white kids make up for the loss

      * e.g.,  ... Fort defiance high school is for posers and wanna be cops. 

     [ "fort defiance high school" ]

    1: A school in augusta county where the only sport that excells is track, because it’s the only independent sport and all the coaches in other sports suck and play politics.

      * e.g.,  ... Mia was better than everyone at basketball but since she went to fort defiance high school she didn’t play and fort defiance didn’t when any games. 

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