Thesaurus / defiance
other words for defiance
- confrontation
- contempt
- opposition
- provocation
- rebellion
- spite
- affront
- audacity
- boldness
- bravado
- brazenness
- call
- cartel
- challenge
- command
- contrariness
- contumacy
- dare
- effrontery
- gas
- guts
- impudence
- insolence
- insubordination
- insurgence
- insurgency
- intractableness
- lip
- muster
- order
- perversity
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- revolt
- sass
- stump
- summons
- temerity
- unruliness
- back talk
- big talk
- defy
- enjoinder
- factiousness
- hot air
- impugnment
- throwing of the gauntlet
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Cuomo warned the state would withhold funding from any school that remained open in defiance of the shutdown.
NEW YORK’S BLOCK-BY-BLOCK LOCKDOWNS ARE CURBING COVID-19. BUT RESIDENTS AREN’T PLEASED.BEN GUARINONOVEMBER 8, 2020WASHINGTON POST
If there were ballots that were left behind by the Postal Service in defiance of the court order, they’re going to be found.
FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE, A FRANTIC ELECTION DAY TURNS TO FINGER-POINTING THE DAY AFTERBY MARYAM JAMEEL AND RYAN MCCARTHYNOVEMBER 5, 2020PROPUBLICA
Despite prodigious yo-yoing due to scrapes with securities regulators, missed deadlines, and defiance of pandemic-driven health laws, Tesla market capitalization is about $400 billion.
DOES ELON MUSK EVEN NEED A PR DEPARTMENT?ADAM LASHINSKYOCTOBER 8, 2020FORTUNE
Those who operate in defiance of the state rules could face fines, possibly the loss of their license.
SACRAMENTO REPORT: STATE AUDIT KNOCKS SAN DIEGO AGENCY’S USE OF VEHICLE FEESVOICE OF SAN DIEGOJULY 17, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
In 2014, California banned school districts from using willful defiance as a reason to suspend young students in kindergarten through third grade, and from expelling any K-12 student for willful defiance alone.
SCHOOL LEADERS CAN’T SUSPEND THE DISCIPLINE DISCUSSION ANY LONGERWILL HUNTSBERRYJULY 16, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
Some thirty others of the National party followed his example of defiance with a similar result.
There existed in his victory a remnant of defiance and of combat.
LES MISRABLESVICTOR HUGO
Isaac Chantz demanded of me, in defiance to the gangsters, who were expected to do the talking.
THE MUTINY OF THE ELSINOREJACK LONDON
“I don't know what you mean by likely,” Maria said, impertinently, in her shame and defiance.
BY THE LIGHT OF THE SOULMARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
To close the gates, and set the Indians at defiance, seemed no very difficult matter.
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