defiance

Defiance is defined as the act of standing up to an opponent or authority.

(noun)

An example of defiance is a group of nurses walking out on the job and picketing against the hospital.

See defiance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: ME defiaunce < OFr defiance < defier, defy

See defiance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act or an example of defying; bold resistance to an opposing force or authority.
Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude; readiness to contend or resist.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English defiaunce

Origin: , from Old French desfiance

Origin: , from desfier, to defy; see defy

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