Abuse and Defiance

Abuse

Abuse noun - Harsh insulting language.

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Defiance and abuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Defiance" instead a noun "Abuse".

Nearby Words: abusive, abused, abusing

Defiance noun - Refusal to obey.

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Abuse and defiance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abuse" instead a noun "Defiance".

Nearby Words: defiant, defied, defiantly

flagrant	flagrant abuse	flagrant defiance
blatant	blatant abuse	blatant defiance
actual	actual abuse	actual defiance
constant	constant abuse	constant defiance
Other adjectives: downright, continued, repeated, frequent, possible, comical, outright, further, chronic, racial.

Defiance: In "The Serpent's Egg", Irisa lets Daigo live despite him being responsible for the abuse she suffered as a child, because being forced to live a normal life is far greater a punishment than any torture or execution she could give him.

Source: Cruel Mercy
It's so blue that it's practically glowing, and it's wracked with pain and fear because of the grisly abuse that Apocalypse has put him through, but Charles' iris also exudes his defiance, and he's determined to fight his adversary to the bitter end.

Source: Film / X-Men Film Series
Loophole Abuse: To get the mines away from Rafe, Datak and Colonel Marsh plan on using a very liberal interpretation of some of Defiance's laws to invalidate the will and have Datak claim them as Defiance's property.

Source: Series / Defiance

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