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Synonyms for defiance
noun disobedience, disregard- 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
Antonyms for defiance
- calm
- harmony
- love
- peace
- answer
- care
- caution
- cowardice
- fear
- humility
- modesty
- timidity
- acquiescence
- obedience
- regard
- respect
- submission
- subordination
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
challenge
noun. dispute, question
contempt
noun. disdain, disrespect
contradiction
noun. variance to something
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.