FromMiddle Englishdefiaunce, fromOld Frenchdesfiance, fromdesfier. Bysurface analysis,defy +-ance.
defiance (countable anduncountable,pluraldefiances)
- The feeling, or spirit of beingdefiant.
- Open or boldresistance to ordisregard forauthority,opposition, orpower; refusing togive up.
2008,BioWare,Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They've never faced anything like this before and they don't know what to do. They want us to step forward. They believe in humanity because of you.
Ambassador Udina: Your ruthless pursuit of Saren and the geth, yourdefiance of the Council -- that's what humans are capable of! That's how we can defeat the Reapers!
2022 February 25, Todd Piro, 0:03 from the start, inUkrainian guards tell Russian troops to 'go F yourself' in viral audio[1],Fox News:Ainsley: Amid the death and all the destruction: a story of heroism.
Steve: Thirteen Ukrainian border guards defending a small island in the Black Sea defy an invading Russian warship.
Will: Todd Piro is here now with the details on thedefiance that cost them, ultimately, their lives- Todd.
Todd: That's right Steve, Ainsley and Will- the ultimate act ofdefiance- the ultimate price paid. Ukrainian border guards defending a Black Sea island defiantly telling an invading Russian warship to 'go F yourself' when asked to surrender, and then killed when that warship opened fire.
- A challenging attitude or behaviour;challenge.
the feeling of being defiant
- Bulgarian:непокорство (bg) n(nepokorstvo)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:反抗 (zh)(fǎnkàng),蔑視 /蔑视 (zh)(mièshì)
- Czech:vzdor (cs) m
- Dutch:opstandigheid (nl),koppigheid (nl)
- French:défi (fr) m
- German:Trotz (de) m,Auflehnung (de) f,Widerstand (de) m
- Interlingua:defiantia
- Italian:sfida (it)
- Japanese:反抗 (ja)(はんこう, hankō),無視 (ja)(むし, mushi)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish:بەربەرەکانی(berberekanî)
- Latin:contumācia f
- Macedonian:пркос m(prkos)
- Maori:whakatumatuma,whakatōreatanga
- Norwegian:motstand motvilje trass
- Polish:opór (pl) m
- Portuguese:desafio (pt) m
- Russian:непоко́рство (ru) n(nepokórstvo),неповинове́ние (ru) n(nepovinovénije),пренебреже́ние (ru) n(prenebrežénije)(disregard)
- Spanish:desafío (es) m
- Turkish:meydan okuma (tr)
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open resistance to authority, opposition, or power
challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge
