Defiance and Fighting

Defiance

Defiance noun - Refusal to obey.

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

Nearby Words: defiant, defied, defiantly

Fighting noun - The act of fighting; any contest or struggle.

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Defiance and fighting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defiance" instead a noun "Fighting".

Nearby Words: fight, fighter

normal	normal defiance	normal fighting
usual	usual defiance	usual fighting
direct	direct defiance	direct fighting
complete	complete defiance	complete fighting
Other adjectives: open, active, actual, constant, great, ultimate, heroic, pointless, outright, further.

You Can't Fight Fate: Done with Janni in Volume Three, wherein fighting fate apparently leads to getting gangraped for your defiance.

Source: Comic Book / The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
She was also a Lady of War who died fighting in defiance of her empire's destruction.

Source: The High Queen
Stick tells a story about how a child began fighting the Hand, killing them until they were driven out and this act of defiance was the origin of his organization, the Chaste.

Source: ...And That Little Girl Was Me

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