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单词 defiance
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defiancen.

/dɪˈfʌɪəns/
Forms: Middle English defye-, Middle English defy-, diffi-, diffye-, dyffy-, Middle English–1500s defiaunce, deffyaunce, 1500s diffyans, diffi-, defyance, Middle English– defiance.
Etymology: < Old French defiance, deff-, desf-, the action of defying = Provençal desfiansa , Old Spanish desfianza , Italian disfidanza < Romanic *disfidāntia , < disfidāre , medieval Latin diffidāre : see defy v.1 and -ance suffix. Modern French défiance in sense of ‘distrust’ appears to be influenced by Latin diffidentia distrust: see diffidence n.
1.
a. Renunciation of faith, allegiance, or amity; declaration of hostilities. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > [noun] > declaration of
defiancec1300
diffidation1640
c1300 K. Alis. 5545 Alisaunder the wryt behelde, And saugh therinne thretyng belde, And defyeaunce, the thrid day.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 92 (1840) Arbachus..sent to hym, for his mysgovernaunce, Of highe disdayne a ful playne defyaunce.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 350 They lete make a lettre of deffyaunce of whiche the tenour foloweth.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxxiv. 48 That who soeuer wolde any hurte to other, shuld make his defyance thre dayes before his dede.
1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxiv. 161 Spaine broke the peace with England,..and that by Imbargo, which of all kindes of defiances is most reproved, and of least reputation;..the most honorable, is with Trumpet and Herald, to proclaime and denounce the warre by publicke defiance.
1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 26 The whole Protestant league raysd open Warr against Charles the fifth..sent him a defiance, renounc'd all faith and allegeance toward him.
b. at defiance: at enmity or hostility. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > [adverb]
at defiance1556
1556 W. Tyms Let. 28 Aug. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) III. 2078/1 Cleaue vnto him and be at defiance with his enemies the Papistes.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. vii. 74 The prouinces at defiance with vs.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 28 The two Kings..live at defiance, and oft times the poore Savages pay deerely for eithers ambition.
1705 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 58 I have been ever since the sending of that letter..at defiance with him.
2. The act of defying or challenging to fight; a challenge or summons to a combat or contest; a challenge to make good or maintain a cause, assertion, etc. cartel of defiance: see cartel n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to > act of challenging
defyingc1300
defiancec1430
defialc1470
provocation1484
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > defiance
despitec1380
cartel of defiancec1430
facing1481
facing and bracing1481
bearding1577
dare1594
braving1616
stouting1630
outbraving1631
affront1642
defiance1710
defial1793
bravadoing1809
bravading1812
defiantness1872
society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > challenge or challenging > [noun]
challengec1325
challenging1330
defiancec1430
defya1586
provocatory1611
provoke1824
society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to
appeala1450
provocation1484
challenge1530
defya1586
gagea1592
dare1594
defiance1597
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. Prol. 40 a Vertue on fortune maketh a defiaunce.
1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Brennus xxv To sound defiaunce, fyre, and sword and fight.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 129 Shall we..send Defiance to the traitor. View more context for this quotation
1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 303 Saluted by a letter of defiance, which marked out the houre and the place where he should come with a second.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Defiance..a challenge to make any impeachment good.
1831 D. Brewster Life I. Newton xii. 214 He could not dispense with answering..Sir Isaac Newton..who had given him a defiance in express terms.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. ix. 372 To the king, the pope's conduct appeared a defiance; and as a defiance he accepted it.
3. The act of setting at nought; open or daring resistance offered to authority or any opposing force.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > defiance
despitec1380
cartel of defiancec1430
facing1481
facing and bracing1481
bearding1577
dare1594
braving1616
stouting1630
outbraving1631
affront1642
defiance1710
defial1793
bravadoing1809
bravading1812
defiantness1872
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 98. ⁋3 Remarkable for that Piece of good Breeding peculiar to natural Britons, to wit Defiance.
a1714 J. Sharp Wks. VI. Dis. viii. (R.) This open and scandalous violation and defiance of his most sacred fundamental laws.
1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. ix. 105 The open disobedience of the order..could be construed only as defiance.
4. Phr.
a. to bid defiance to: to defy, declare hostility to; to brave, set at nought; so to set at defiance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > defy
stout1303
defy1377
beard1476
brave1546
brag1551
outface1574
to hold (a person) waga1578
dare1580
outbrave1589
bedarea1596
maugre1597
championa1616
to bid defiance to1632
stem1675
bravadea1698
bravo1732
1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) ii. iii. iii. 341 He set her [sc. Fortune] at defiance euer after.
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety (1704) xvii. 378 The Novatian heresy..bade such express defiance to apostacy.
1757 Centinel No. 34 The fire of youth..when agitated by any violent passion..sets everything at defiance.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xlvii. 340 The Alps... See how scornfully they look down upon you, and bid defiance to the elements.
1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 144 They might have set the Tories at defiance.
b. in defiance of: with daring disregard of; setting at nought.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in opposition to [preposition] > in defiance of
atour1535
in defiance of1750
in (the) face of1837
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 75. ⁋15 He carries me the first dish, in defiance of the frowns and whispers of the table.
1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 15 Clung to..in defiance of reason and sensation.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §5. 202 Gaveston..was beheaded in defiance of the terms of his capitulation.
5. Declaration of aversion or contempt; rejection. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > rejection or non-acceptance
renunciation1418
rejectinga1425
reprobationa1425
rejectiona1464
abjection?1529
refute1535
abdication1552
abnegation1554
abrenunciation1557
recusancy1563
repudy1575
offcasting?1591
rejectment1599
defiancea1616
canvass1621
non-acceptation1622
repudiation1640
disacceptance1642
non-acceptance1647
disowning1656
discard1663
disownment1806
unacceptance1865
ding1949
negging1996
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 144 Such a warped slip of wildernesse Nere issu'd from his blood. Take my defiance, Die, perish. View more context for this quotation
6. Distrust. Obsolete. rare. [= modern French défiance.]
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [noun]
ortrowthc1175
ortrowa1200
untrust?c1225
suspicion1303
suspectiona1340
mistrowa1375
overtrowa1375
misfaitha1382
jealousyc1385
suspectc1386
misdoubtingc1390
untrist1390
mistrowinga1393
mistrusta1393
mistrista1400
supposinga1400
untrestc1400
wantrustc1405
diffidencea1425
misdeemingc1450
untrustingc1450
discredence?a1475
surmise1509
suspensea1513
diffidency1537
distrust1548
distrusting1549
misdoubt1558
discredit1567
misgiving1582
scruple1597
disconfidence1620
inconfidence1627
disaffiance1631
non-fiance1643
defiance1662
suspiciencya1690
reservation1719
disfaith1870
méfiance1876
1662 S. Pepys Diary 6 Jan. (1970) III. 4 Major Holmes, who I perceive would fain get to be free and friends with my wife; but I shall prevent it, and she herself hath also a defyance against him.
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