Definition of Defiace
De*fi"ance (?), n. [OF.
defiance, desfiance, challenge, fr. desfier to
challenge, F. défier. 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the feeling, or spirit of being defiant
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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