DEFIANCE

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Traducere în limba română

defiance substantiv

1. provocare (la război, la discuţie).

2. sfidare; nesupunere făţişă;

to bid defiance to sau set at defiance a nesocoti, a sfida;

in defiance of a) în ciuda / pofida (cu gen.); b) sfidând;

to live in open defiance with smb. a trăi în duşmănie făţişă cu cineva.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Angry as she was with Edmund for adhering to his own notions, and acting on them in defiance of her (and she had been so angry that they had hardly parted friends at the ball), she could not help thinking of him continually when absent, dwelling on his merit and affection, and longing again for the almost daily meetings they lately had.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Emma wondered whether the same suspicion of what might be expected from their knowing each other, which had taken strong possession of her mind, had ever crossed his; and whether his compliments were to be considered as marks of acquiescence, or proofs of defiance.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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