recalcitrance

affront audacity boldness bravado brazenness call cartel challenge command confrontation contempt contrariness contumacy dare despite effrontery gas guts impudence insolence insubordination insurgence insurgency intractableness lip muster opposition order perversity provocation rebellion rebelliousness recalcitrancy revolt sass spite stump summons temerity unruliness

back talk big talk defy enjoinder factiousness hot air impugnment throwing of the gauntlet

answer calm care caution cowardice fear harmony humility love modesty peace respect timidity

assertiveness disorderliness fractiousness heedlessness impetuousness imprudence impulsiveness intractability intractableness lawlessness obstinacy obstreperousness orneriness perverseness rebelliousness recalcitrancy recklessness refractoriness wildness willfulness

indocility intemperanc obstinateness uncontrollability uncontrollableness ungovernableness unmanageability untowardness waywardness