Defiance and Spite

Defiance

Defiance noun - Refusal to obey.

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

Nearby Words: defiant, defied, defiantly

Spite noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

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Defiance and spite are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defiance" instead a noun "Spite".

Nearby Words: spiteful, spitefully, spiting

pure	pure defiance	pure spite
complete	complete defiance	complete spite
total	total defiance	total spite
sheer	sheer defiance	sheer spite
Other adjectives: actual, futile, maniacal, racial.

Overkill, however, lies firmly on the cynical end of the scale, helped by the fact that it is filled with much swearing, personal revenge, and tragic death of good people in spite of their defiance, rendering the game much darker than the previous installments.

Source: Sliding Scale Of Idealism Versus Cynicism / Video Games
But unlike his newer situation, he easily shows his defiance in the video right afterwards by smashing parts of the room that he's in, implying that the outside force might actually be his brother, and Alan is willfully destroying his construction work just to spite him.

Source: Analysis / Alan Tutorial
He is jealous of Arc Angle, and joins the Defiance out of spite.

Source: Video Game / Arc Angle

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