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5,971- Defiance
- Defiant
- Defiatory
- Defibrinate
- Defibrination
- Defibrinize
- Deficience
- Deficiency
- Deficient
- Deficit
- Defier
- Defiguration
- Defigure
- Defilade
- Defilading
- DEFILE.
- Defilement
- Defiler
- Defiliation
- Definable
- Define
- Definement
- Definer
- Definite
- Definitely
- Definiteness
- Definition
- Definitional
- Definitive
- Definitively
- Definitiveness
- Definitude
- Defix
- Deflagrability
- Deflagrable
- Deflagrate
- Deflagration
- Deflagrator
- Deflate
- Deflect
- Deflectable
- Deflected
- Deflection
- Deflectionization
- Deflectionize
- Deflective
- Deflector
- Deflexed
- Deflexion
- Deflexure
- Deflorate
- Defloration
- Deflour
- Deflourer
- Deflow
- Deflower
- Deflowerer
- Defluous
- Deflux
- Defluxion
- Defly
- Defoedation
- Defoliate; Defoliated
- Defoliation
- Deforce
- Deforcement
- Deforceor
- Deforciant
- Deforciation
- Deforest
- Deform
- Deformation
- Deformed
- Deformer
- Deformity
- Deforser
- Defoul
- Defraud
- Defraudation
- Defrauder
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- Defray
- Defrayal
- Defrayer
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- Deft
- Deftly
- Deftness
- Defunct
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- Defunctive
- Defuse
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- Degage
- Degarnish
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- Degender; Degener
- Degeneracy
- Degenerate
- Degenerately
- Degenerateness
- Degeneration
- Degenerationist
- Degenerative
- Degenerous
- Degenerously
- Degerm
- Degerminator
- Deglaze
- Deglazing
- Degloried
- Deglutinate
- Deglutination
- Deglutition
- Deglutitious
- Deglutitory
- Degradation
- Degrade
- Degraded
- Degradement
- Degradingly
- Degras; Degras
- Degravation
- Degrease
- DEGREE.
- Degrees, Song of
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- Degu
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- Dehiscence
- Dehiscent
- Dehonestate
- Dehonestation
- Dehorn
- Dehors
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- Dehortation
- Dehortative
- Dehortatory
- Dehorter
- Dehumanize
- Dehusk
- Dehydrate
- Dehydration
- Dehydrogenate
- Dehydrogenation
- Deicide
- Deictic
- Deictically
- Deific; Deifical
- Deification
- Deified
- Deifier
- Deiform
- Deiformity
- Deify
- Deign
- Deignous
- Deil
- Deinoceras
- Deinornis
- Deinosaur
- Deinotherium
- Deintegrate
- Deinteous; Deintevous
- Deiparous
- Deipnosophist
- Deis
- Deism
- Deist
- Deistic; Deistical
- Deistically
- Deisticalness
- Deitate
- Deity
- Deject
- Dejecta
- Dejected
- Dejecter
- Dejection
- Dejectly
- Dejectory
- Dejecture
- Dejerate
- Dejeration
- Dejeune
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Defiance
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.