DEFIANCE Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word defiance. (close relations)
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| challenge | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a demanding or stimulating situation • a call to engage in a contest or fight • questioning a statement and demanding an explanation • a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror • a demand by a sentry for a password or identification verb • take exception to • issue a challenge to • ask for identification • raise a formal objection in a court of law | ||||||
| disobedience | nounn | |||||
noun • the failure to obey • the trait of being unwilling to obey | ||||||
| dissent | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority • a difference of opinion • the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent verb • withhold assent • express opposition through action or words • be of different opinions | ||||||
| insubordination | nounn | |||||
noun • defiance of authority • an insubordinate act | ||||||
| mutiny | nounn | |||||
noun • open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) verb • engage in a mutiny against an authority | ||||||
| noncompliance | nounn | |||||
noun • the failure to obey | ||||||
| opposition | nounn | |||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected • the relation between opposed entities • the act of hostile groups opposing each other • a contestant that you are matched against • a body of people united in opposing something • a direction opposite to another • an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) | ||||||
| rebellion | nounn | |||||
noun • refusal to accept some authority or code or convention • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | ||||||
| recalcitrance | nounn | |||||
noun • the trait of being unmanageable | ||||||
| refractoriness | nounn | |||||
noun • the trait of being unmanageable | ||||||
| resistance | nounn | |||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current • group action in opposition to those in power | ||||||
| revolt | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another verb • make revolution • fill with distaste • cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | ||||||
| subversion | nounn | |||||
noun • destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity • the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government | ||||||
| rebelliousness | nounn | |||||
noun • intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • an insubordinate act | ||||||
