defier

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One that defies: a staunch defier of tradition.

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defy			But where it departs from the Calvinistic Christianity and exhibits him as the defier of Jove, it represents a state of mind which readily appears wherever the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude, objective form, and which seems the self-defence of man against this untruth, namely a discontent with the believed fact that a God exists, and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous. Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context My first feeling of fear had passed away, and I thrilled now with a keener zest than I had ever enjoyed when we were the defenders of the law instead of its defiers. The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			Deferrer defervesce defervescence defervescent Defeudalize deffo defiance defiant defiantly Defiatory defibrillate defibrillation defibrillator Defibrinate Defibrination Defibrinize Deficience deficiency deficiency disease Deficiency of a curve deficient Deficient number deficit deficit financing deficit spending defier Defiguration Defigure defilade Defilading defile defiled defilement Defiler Defiliation definable define defined defined-benefit Definement Definer definiendum definiens defining definite definite article definite description Definite inflorescence definite integral definite quantity definitely			Deficit Financing Déficit Fonctionnel Permanent Déficit Immunitaire Combiné Sévère Déficit Immunitaire Commun Variable Deficit in Routine Health Maintenance Deficit Irrigation for Mediterranean Agricultural Systems deficit net worth Deficit Reduction Act Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 Deficit Reduction Plan Deficit round robin deficit spending deficit spending deficit spending Deficit structurel Deficit Weighted Round Robin Deficit Weighted Round-Robin Deficits Deficits Deficits Deficits Deficits in Attention, Motor control and Perception Deficom Group defied defied defied description defied description defied description defied description defier defiers defiers defies defies defies description defies description defies description defies description Defiguration Defigure defilade defilade defiladed defiladed defilades defilades defilading defilading defile defile defile defiled defiled defiled defilement defilement defilement defilements defilements defilements

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