Bible Dictionaries
Defiance

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A casting aside; renunciation; rejection.

(2):

(n.) A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.

(3):

(n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Defiance'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/defiance.html. 1828.