Defiance and Support

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Defiance noun - Refusal to obey.

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

Nearby Words: defiant, defied, defiantly

Support noun - A structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else.

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Defiance and support are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defiance" instead a noun "Support".

full	full defiance	full support
direct	direct defiance	direct support
complete	complete defiance	complete support
total	total defiance	total support
Other adjectives: constant, great, social, continued, possible, further, extra, covert.

The hashtag started as sympathy and support for the victims' families and loved ones; a few hours later, people were also using it to show support for freedom of the press and defiance of death threats.

Source: I Am Spartacus
Defiance has the genocidal General Ripper, Rahm Tak, who despite his rank only commands a platoon (at best) of Votanis Collective Doom Troops with a couple armored cars for support.

Source: Overranked Soldier
Ian has other ideas, though, and he steals the ashes (at least as far as he's concerned), evading the authorities until he reaches Scandal Point, and as the protesters voice their support, he scatters the ashes off the bridge in defiance of the authorities when they finally catch up to him.

Source: Series / Indian Summers

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