Open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power.
A challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge.
The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.
Rejection of, or failure to conform to, a practice, standard, rule, or law.
A type of unconformity in which a non-sedimentary rock intrudes in sedimentary layers.
Refusal to conform to the doctrine, discipline, or practice of a state religion, especially refusal by other Protestants to conform to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England; the principles or practice of nonconformists; nonconformists as a class.