Defiance and Fault

Defiance

Defiance noun - Refusal to obey.

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Fault and defiance are semantically related in misconduct topic. In some cases you can use "Fault" instead a noun "Defiance".

Nearby Words: defiant, defied, defiantly

Fault noun - A defect in character.

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Defiance and fault are semantically related in misconduct topic. Sometimes you can use "Defiance" instead a noun "Fault".

Nearby Words: faulty, faultless, faulted, faulting, faultily

full	full defiance	full fault
notable	notable defiance	notable fault
usual	usual defiance	usual fault
direct	direct defiance	direct fault
Other adjectives: complete, open, actual, constant, collective, great, social, further, greater, perceived.

Laser-Guided Karma: The various misfortunes and tragedies that Rameses endures are his own fault due to his defiance of God.

Source: Film / The Ten Commandments
Never My Fault: In Helen's speech to Menelaus about the reasons she left, she blames Hecuba's defiance of exposing Paris, on Aphrodite's schemes and in Menelaus himself and obviously never mentions that she may have followed Paris on her own will.

Source: Theatre / The Trojan Women

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