defiance Synonyms

rebelliousness provocation rebellion recalcitration remonstrance minacity renitence renitency repellence repellency resistance protest perversity misbehavior mutiny naughtiness noncompliance nonconformity objection oppose opposition oppugnancy revolt sauciness antonymy irrepressibility negativism turndown satyagraha noncooperation recalcitrance recalcitrancy shrewishness intractableness balkiness sedition summons temerity truculence unruliness call out aggressiveness restiveness direct action waywardness mesalliance antagonism contempt contraposition contrariness