d 2 e 1 f 4 i 1 a 1 n 1 t 1
7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
originBorrowed from French défiant, from the verb défier. Doublet of diffident. By surface analysis, def(i) + -ant.
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