Usually means: Resisting or challenging authority or expectations.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word defying:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. defying: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. defying: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. -defying, -defying: Collins English Dictionary
  4. defying: Vocabulary.com
  5. Defying, defying: Wordnik
  6. defying: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. defying: Wiktionary
  8. Defying, defying: Dictionary.com
  9. defying: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Defying: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Defying: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. defying: Free Dictionary
  13. defying: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. defying: Legal dictionary

(Note: See defy as well.)

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