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as in rebellion
refusal to obey
any defiance of the authoritarian regime would have dire consequences
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as in opposition
the inclination to resist
the troubled youth seems to have an ingrained defiance to authority of any sort
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“Defiance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defiance. Accessed 9 Dec. 2022.
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