To defy is to openly refuse to do something. You can defy the no costumes in class rule if you wear your fairy wings to school, but just don’t try to defy the laws of gravity unless you can actually fly.
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Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.
Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas.
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Other Usage ExamplesIt is vain for the coward to flee death follows close behind it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
I'm healthy, have a loving and adorable family, great hunting dogs, a gravity defying musical career and most importantly, fuzzy-headed idiots hate me.
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
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