Defiance and Opposite

Defiance

Defiance noun - Refusal to obey.

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

Nearby Words: defiant, defied, defiantly

Opposite noun - Something that is as different as possible from something else.

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Defiance and opposite are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defiance" instead a noun "Opposite".

Nearby Words: opposition, opposed, oppositely

pure	pure defiance	pure opposite
direct	direct defiance	direct opposite
complete	complete defiance	complete opposite
utter	utter defiance	utter opposite
Other adjectives: total, true, wrong, stark, deliberate, heroic, apparent, perceived.

He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam-Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher - the Wonder-House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum.

Source: Battle Trophy
In the original London version of the plot, he chooses to win anyway in an act of defiance, while in the Broadway rewrite, he chooses the opposite.

Source: Throwing the Fight

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