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"Defiance is beautiful. The defiance of power, especially great or overwhelming power, exhaults and glorifies, the rebel."
Edward Abbey

"The arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties being with one mind resolved to die free rather than live slaves."
Thomas Jefferson, 1775

"In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity; in peace, good will."
Edward Marsh

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Defiance Definition: Bold resistance.

Etymology of 'Defiance'
c.1300, from Old French desfiance "challenge, declaration of war," from desfiant, present participle of desfier. Defy: c.1300, "to renounce one's allegiance;" mid-14c., "to challenge, defy," from Old French defier, desfier "to challenge, defy, provoke; renounce (a belief), repudiate (a vow, etc.)," from Vulgar Latin *disfidare "renounce one's faith," from Latin dis- "away" + fidus "faithful".

Positive Suggestions:
"Awaken your natural Defiance"
"Perfect Defiance is within you"
"Allow yourself to feel Defiant now"
"Accept Defiance"
"Trust in your Defiance"

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