Defiance and Madness

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Defiance noun - Refusal to obey.

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

Nearby Words: defiant, defied, defiantly

Madness noun - A serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life.

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Defiance and madness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defiance" instead a noun "Madness".

Nearby Word: mad

full	full defiance	full madness
pure	pure defiance	pure madness
complete	complete defiance	complete madness
utter	utter defiance	utter madness
Other adjectives: total, true, sheer, actual, constant, stark, ultimate, apparent, outright, further, extra, greater, racial.

Salim's Madness Mantra calmly during one section of Mission 11, then again, much more emotionally, in the next, as a display of defiance against Corvus.

Source: Video Game / Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
Nolan shoots the representative of the Votanis Collective because in his madness he thinks she drew a weapon on him, so he and Irisa are shipped off to the Collective so the Collective doesn't destroy Defiance.

Source: Series / Defiance

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