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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: défiant, present participle of défier; DEFY

defiant

 adjective
     
de‧fi‧ant
clearly refusing to do what someone tells you to do:
Mark smashed a fist on the desk in a defiant gesture.
—defiantly adverb
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