| ridicule(disregard, challenge, resist, frustrate, confront) |
| run the gauntlet(expression, idiom, oppose, provoke, challenge) |
| scorn(disregard, oppose, provoke, challenge, resist) |
| slight(disregard, challenge, resist, frustrate, confront) |
| spurn(disregard, oppose, provoke, challenge, resist) |
| square off(verb, expression, oppose, provoke, challenge) |
| step over the line(verb, expression, idiom, oppose, provoke) |
| stick(disregard, challenge, resist, frustrate, confront) |
| stick fast(expression, disregard, challenge, resist, frustrate) |
| taunt(oppose, provoke, challenge, resist, insult) |
| threaten(oppose, provoke, challenge, resist, insult) |
| throw down gauntlet(verb, expression, idiom, oppose, provoke) |
| thwart(disregard, challenge, resist, frustrate, confront) |
| venture(disregard, challenge, resist, frustrate, confront) |
| violate(disregard, challenge, resist, frustrate, confront) |
| withstand(disregard, challenge, resist, frustrate, confront) |
| OK(permit, circumstantiated) |
| accept(permit, ok, circumstantiated, rubber-stamp) |
| approve(permit, ok, circumstantiated) |
| blink at(expression, permit, ok, circumstantiated) |