DEFYING definition: 1. present participle of defy 2. to refuse to obey a person, decision, law, situation, etc.: 3. to…. Learn more.

If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way. This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother. …

The group has continued to defy all efforts to stop them. The team defied the odds [=did something that was very unlikely] and won the championship. I defy you to prove that I lied.

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