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# defiance

«defiance» in Mova's school dictionary: **bold refusal to obey, or open resistance to someone in power** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (defiance)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Defiance is bold refusal to obey, or open resistance to someone in power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiance/#m1)

2) A look of defiance shows you will not give in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiance/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a hero shows defiance to a cruel king or a dragon; in lessons, a bold no to authority

### examples

- The child stood up to the bully in defiance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiance/#x1)
- She gave her teacher a look of defiance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiance/#x2)
- He refused to tidy his room, in open defiance of Mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiance/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «defiance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.