Any defiance will not be tolerated at school.
The child showed his defiance by refusing to be fed by his frustrated mother.
I was momentarily taken aback by the kitten's sudden defiance.
Due to the girl's continued defiance of basic school rules, she is serving a detention.
The defiance the teenager showed towards her parents was outrageous. Defiance is the quality of being defiant. In this case, it means that the teenager was disobeying something that her parents asked of her. To defy is to angrily disobey.
HE took the car in defiance of his father. or he looked into her eyes and saw a flash of defiance.
a defiant act, a hostile challenge............
She showed a lot of defiance when she stayed out until 12:00 when her parents expected her at 11:00.
The United States broke their relations with Great Britian in defiance to all the unfair taxes that has been imposed
The word "defiance" is pronounced as dih-fahy-uhns.
Despite facing criticism, she showed defiance by sticking to her beliefs and refusing to back down.
You could see the defiance on the plaintiff's face, because Angela was determined to win the case against her brother.
Children may use the word "rebellion" in a sentence like, "My sister is in rebellion against our parents' rules by staying out past curfew." In this context, they are describing an act of defiance or disobedience.