defiance
- noun (n)
Meaning: disobedience, disregard
Synonyms:
affront
audacity
back talk
big talk
boldness
bravado
brazenness
call
cartel
challenge
command
confrontation
contempt
contrariness
contumacy
dare
defy
effrontery
enjoinder
factiousness
gas
guts
hot air
impudence
impugnment
insolence
insubordination
insurgence
insurgency
intractableness
lip
muster
opposition
order
perversity
provocation
rebellion
rebelliousness
recalcitrance
revolt
sass
spite
stump
summons
temerity
throwing of the gauntlet
unruliness
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