Defiance

1. The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.
2. A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.
3. A casting aside; renunciation; rejection.
To bid defiance, To set at defiance ,
to defy; to disregard recklessly or contemptuously.