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Showing words for DEFIANCE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Defiance

defiance

7 Letter Words for Defiance

adience, ediface, enfaced, faciend, faience, fancied, fianced, fiancee

6 Letter Words for Defiance

aedine, candie, cnidae, deafen, decane, decani, decine, deface, define, edenic, enface, fadein, faence, fained, fenced, fiance, idence, incede, inface, infeed

5 Letter Words for Defiance

acned, ainee, cadee, cadie, caned, canid, cnida, daine, dance, danic, decaf, decan, deice, diane, diene, eaned, encia, endia, eneid, eniac, faced, facie, faden, faine, fence, fiend, finca, fined, indef, neafe, necia, nicad, niece

4 Letter Words for Defiance

aced, acid, acne, aden, aide, aine, ance, cade, cadi, cafe, caid, cain, cand, cane, cede, cedi, cene, cide, cine, dace, dain, dane, deaf, dean, deen, defi, deia, dene, deni, dian, dice, dine, eadi, ecad, edea, eden, eide, eine, ende, ened, face, fade, fain, fand, fane, fdic, fedn, feed, fend, feni, fica, fice, fide, fied, find, fine, iced, idea, idee, inca, inde, nace, naid, naif, neaf, need, neif, nice, nide, nied, nief, nife

3 Letter Words for Defiance

ace, adc, ade, afd, aid, ain, anc, and, ane, cad, caf, cai, can, cdf, cee, cen, cfd, cfi, cia, cid, cie, cif, dae, dan, dca, dea, dec, dee, def, dei, den, dia, die, dif, din, dna, ead, ean, eec, een, enc, end, ene, fac, fad, fan, fec, fed, fee, fei, fen, fid, fie, fin, ice, ida, ide, ifc, ife, inc, ind, inf, nad, nae, naf, nea, ned, nee, nef, nei, nid, nie

Definitions for Defiance

[1] a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
[2] open disregard; contempt (often followed by of ): defiance of danger; His refusal amounted to defiance.
[3] a challenge to meet in combat or in a contest.
[4] bid defiance to , to offer resistance; defy.
[5] in defiance of , in spite of; notwithstanding: There was a splendid audience in defiance of the rainstorm.
[6] a city in NW Ohio.
[7] open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power
[8] a challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge

Words related to Defiance

provocation, spite, rebellion, confrontation, opposition, contempt, stump, insurgency, summons, unruliness, insurgence, temerity, cartel, guts, insubordination, call, dare, lip, impudence, boldness

Words nearby Defiance

deferred sentence, deferred share, defervesce, defervescence, deffo, defiance, defiant, defiber, defibered, defiberize, defibrate

Origin of Defiance

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French, equivalent to defi(er ) to defy + -ance -ance

Other words from Defiance

non·de·fi·ance , noun
pre·de·fi·ance , noun

Synonyms for Defiance

confrontation, contempt, opposition, provocation, rebellion, spite, affront, audacity, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, command, contrariness, contumacy, dare, effrontery, gas, guts, impudence, insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, lip, muster, order, perversity, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, revolt, sass, stump, summons, temerity, unruliness, back talk, big talk, defy, enjoinder, factiousness, hot air, impugnment, throwing of the gauntlet