meaning of defy

1. To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
2.
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.
3.
A challenge.
4.
challenge; "I dare ">you!"


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