- (n.) A challenge.
- (v.t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion.
- (v.t.) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith or obligation with; to reject, refuse or renounce.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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