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1 defiance
nounAufsässigkeit, die; (open disobedience) Missachtung, diein defiance of somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache zum Trotz
* * *(open disobedience; challenging or opposition: He went in defiance of my orders.) der Trotz- academic.ru/19173/defiant">defiant- defiantly* * *de·fi·ance[dɪˈfaɪən(t)s]▪ in \defiance of sb/sth jdm/etw zum Trotz* * *[dI'faɪəns]nTrotz m (of sb jdm gegenüber); (of order, law, death, danger) Missachtung f ( of +gen)in defiance of sb/sth — jdm/etw zum Trotz
his defiance of my orders caused an accident — weil er meine Anordnungen missachtete, gab es einen Unfall
that is in defiance of gravity/logic — das widerspricht den Gesetzen der Schwerkraft/Logik
* * *defiance [dıˈfaıəns] s1. Trotz m, Widerstand m:bid defiance to sb, set sb at defiance jemandem Trotz bieten, jemandem trotzen2. Trotz m, Hohn m:in defiance of sb jemandem zum Trotz oder Hohn;bid defiance to common sense dem gesunden Menschenverstand Hohn sprechen3. Herausforderung f* * *nounAufsässigkeit, die; (open disobedience) Missachtung, diein defiance of somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache zum Trotz
* * *n.Herausforderung f.
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