defiance

noun

Open resistance; bold disobedience.

SYNONYMS

aggressionaudacityboldnessbravadoconfrontationcontemptcontumacydaringdisobediencedisregarddissentinsolenceinsubordinationmutinousnessnon-complianceoppositionprovocationrebelliousnessrecalcitranceresistancescornsubversionsubversivenesstemeritytruculence