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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Defiance \De*fi"ance\, noun [OF. defiance, desfiance, challenge, fr. desfier to challenge, F. d['e]fier. See {Defy}.]
1. The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.
A war without a just defiance made. --Dryden.
Stood for her cause, and flung defiance down. --Tennyson.
2. A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.
He breathed defiance to my ears. --Shak.
3. A casting aside; renunciation; rejection. [Obs.] ''Defiance to thy kindness.'' --Ford.
{To bid defiance}, {To set at defiance}, to defy; to disregard recklessly or contemptuously. --Locke.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
defiance
noun
1: intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude [syn: {rebelliousness}]
2: a hostile challenge
3: a defiant act
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "defiance": audacity, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, combative reaction, command, complaint, contempt, contrariness, contumaciousness, contumacy, counteraction, dare, declaration of war, defi, defiance of authority, defy, demur, despite, dispute, dissent, dissentience, effrontery, factiousness, fractiousness, hardihood, headstrongness, impudence, incorrigibility, indocility, indomitability, insolence, insubordination, insuppressibility, insurgency, intractability, intractableness, irrepressibility, muster, negativism, noncooperation, objection, obstinacy, obstreperousness, opposition, order, orneriness, passive resistance, perversity, protest, reaction, rebelliousness, rebuff, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitration, refractoriness, reluctance, remonstrance, renitence, renitency, repellence, repellency, repulse, repulsion, resistance, restiveness, revolt, shrewishness, stand, stubbornness, stump, summons, temerity, uncontrollability, uncooperativeness, ungovernability, unmalleability, unmanageability, unmoldableness, unruliness, unsubmissiveness, untamableness, wildness, withstanding
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Defiance, IA (city, FIPS 19585) Location: 41.82545 N, 95.33926 W Population (1990): 312 (129 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Defiance, MO Zip code(s): 63341 Defiance, OH (city, FIPS 21308) Location: 41.28117 N, 84.36190 W Population (1990): 16768 (6475 housing units) Area: 22.5 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43512
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Defiance, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio Population (2000): 16465 Housing Units (2000): 7061 Land area (2000): 10.538139 sq. miles (27.293653 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.488358 sq. miles (1.264841 sq. km) Total area (2000): 11.026497 sq. miles (28.558494 sq. km) FIPS code: 21308 Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39 Location: 41.281891 N, 84.362856 W ZIP Codes (1990): 43512 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Defiance, OH Defiance
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Defiance, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 346 Housing Units (2000): 131 Land area (2000): 0.398193 sq. miles (1.031314 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.398193 sq. miles (1.031314 sq. km) FIPS code: 19585 Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19 Location: 41.824740 N, 95.342056 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Defiance, IA Defiance
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Defiance -- U.S. County in Ohio Population (2000): 39500 Housing Units (2000): 16040 Land area (2000): 411.158299 sq. miles (1064.895060 sq. km) Water area (2000): 3.027456 sq. miles (7.841076 sq. km) Total area (2000): 414.185755 sq. miles (1072.736136 sq. km) Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39 Location: 41.304320 N, 84.462745 W Headwords: Defiance Defiance, OH Defiance County Defiance County, OH
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