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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
defiance/dɪˈfʌɪəns/

▶noun open resistance; bold disobedience.

– derivatives
defiant adjective,
defiantly adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr., from defier ‘defy’.

'defiant' also found in these Oxford entries:

defiance - insubordinate - truculent

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