1
repugnance
1
repulse
1
repulsion
1
resist
1
resistance
1
slowness
1
stand
1
stubbornness
1
sulks
1
temerity(noun, defiance)
1
throwing of the gauntlet(noun, expression, idiom, order, command)
1
waywardness(noun, resistance, recklessness, obstinacy, stubbornness)
1
willfulness(noun, resistance, recklessness, obstinacy, stubbornness)
0
back talk(noun, defiance)
0
bad will(expression, spite, hatefulness)
0
big talk(noun, defiance)
0
bile(spite, hatefulness)
0
boisterousness(disorderliness, disruptiveness)
0
boldness(noun, defiance)
0
brazenness(noun, defiance)
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