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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defiant \De*fi"ant\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]fiant, p. pr of d['e]fier.
See {Defy}.]
Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as a defiant spirit or
act
In attitude stern and defiant. --Longfellow.
-- {De*fi"ant*ly}, adv -- {De*fi"ant*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
defiant
adj : boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up
to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"
[ant: {compliant}]
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