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defiant

de·fi·ant [ di f ənt ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. disobedient: deliberately and openly disobedient

2. challenging aggressively: tending to confront and challenge

[Late 16th century. < French défiant, present participle of défier< assumed Vulgar Latin disfidare "renounce your faith"]

de·fi·ant·ly adverb
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