| defiance | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. defiance, rebelliousness | intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude. |
| ~ intractability, intractableness | the trait of being hard to influence or control. |
| ~ insubordination | defiance of authority. |
| ~ obstreperousness | noisy defiance. |
| n. (communication) | 2. defiance | a hostile challenge. |
| ~ challenge | a call to engage in a contest or fight. |
| n. (act) | 3. defiance | a defiant act. |
| ~ resistance | group action in opposition to those in power. |
| dispute | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute | a disagreement or argument about something important.; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" |
| ~ disagreement | the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing. |
| ~ collision | a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals.; "a collision of interests" |
| ~ arguing, contestation, controversy, disceptation, argument, contention, disputation, tilt | a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.; "they were involved in a violent argument" |
| ~ gap | a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations. |
| ~ dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words | an angry dispute.; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" |
| n. (act) | 2. contravention, dispute | coming into conflict with. |
| ~ resistance | group action in opposition to those in power. |
| v. (communication) | 3. challenge, dispute, gainsay | take exception to.; "She challenged his claims" |
| ~ call | challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of.; "call the speaker on a question of fact" |
| ~ call into question, oppugn, question | challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of.; "We must question your judgment in this matter" |
| ~ call | challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense.; "He deserves to be called on that" |
| ~ contest, repugn, contend | to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation.; "They contested the outcome of the race" |
| v. (communication) | 4. altercate, argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap | have a disagreement over something.; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" |
| ~ argue, contend, debate, fence | have an argument about something. |
| ~ brawl, wrangle | to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively.; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" |
| ~ spat | engage in a brief and petty quarrel. |
| ~ polemicise, polemicize, polemise, polemize | engage in a controversy.; "The two historians polemicized for years" |
| ~ fall out | have a breach in relations.; "We fell out over a trivial question" |
| tiff | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff | a quarrel about petty points. |
| ~ dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words | an angry dispute.; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" |
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