Defiance may refer to:

Film, television and theatre

* ''Defiance'' (1952 film), a Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander * ''Defiance'' (1980 film), an American crime drama starring Jan-Michael Vincent * ''Defiance'' (2002 film), a western starring

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* ''Defiance'' (2008 film), an American World War II film starring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber * ''Defiance'' (TV series), a science fiction TV series * ''Defiance'' (play), a 2005 play by John Patrick Shanley * HMAS ''Defiance'', a fictional Australian warship in the TV series ''

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Games

* ''Defiance'' (video game), a 2013 tie-in with the TV series ''Defiance'' * ''Defiance'' (1997 video game), a first-person shooter for Windows * ''Defiance'', an expansion campaign for the computer game '' Independence War'' * '' Legacy of Kain: Defiance'', a 2003 video game

Literature

* ''Defiance'' (book), a 1951 memoir by Savitri Devi * ''Defiance'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Don Brown * ''Defiance'', a novel by

Kenneth Bulmer Henry Kenneth Bulmer (14 January 1921 – 16 December 2005) was a British author, primarily of science fiction. Life Born in London, he married Pamela Buckmaster on 7 March 1953. They had one son and two daughters, and they divorced in 1981. ...

* ''Defiance: The Bielski Partisans'', a book by

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; basis for the 2008 film (see above)

Music

* Defiance (metal band), an American thrash metal band *

Defiance (punk band) Defiance are an American anarcho street punk band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1993. Their discography includes five EPs, four albums, and one album of out of print and rare songs. They have been cited as major influences on bands such as ...

, an American street punk band * ''Defiance'' (EP), a 1994 EP by the punk band * ''Defiance'' (Assemblage 23 album), 2002 * ''Defiance'' (Deströyer 666 album), 2009 * ''Defiance'' (Lahannya album), 2009 * ''Defiance'', an album by Jack Starr's Burning Starr, 2009 * ''Defiance'', an album by

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, 2006 * ''Defiance'', an EP by

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Defiance Records Defiance Records was a record label based in Cologne, Germany, which was the German and European distributor of several American and international post-hardcore and punk bands. The label was founded in 1994 and closed down in 2013. Artists List o ...

, a German record label

Maritime

* HMS ''Defiance'', nineteen ships of the British Royal Navy * USS ''Defiance'', three ships of the U.S. Navy * ''Defiance'' (steamboat), a vessel in the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet in the early 1900s * ''Defiance'' (yacht), a participant in the 1914 America's Cup * SS ''Empire Defiance'', a ship in the Empire series in the service of the British Government * CSS ''Defiance'', a ship in the Confederate River Defense Fleet during the American Civil War

Places in the United States

Defiance, Iowa Defiance is a city in Shelby County, Iowa, United States, along the West Branch of the West Nishnabotna River. The population was 245 at the time of the 2020 census. History Defiance had its start in 1882 by the building of the Chicago, Milwau ...

* Defiance, Kentucky * Defiance, Missouri (St. Charles county) * Defiance, Missouri (Worth county) a 19th-century town *

Defiance, Ohio Defiance is a city in and the county seat of Defiance County, Ohio, United States, about southwest of Toledo and northeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana, in Ohio's northwestern corner. The population was 16,494 at the 2010 census. History The city ...

Defiance College Defiance College is a private college located in Defiance, Ohio and affiliated with the United Church of Christ. The campus includes eighteen buildings and access to the Thoreau Wildlife Sanctuary. History The college began as Defiance Female ...

** Defiance High School (Ohio) ** Defiance Regional Medical Center *

Defiance County, Ohio Defiance County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,286. Its county seat is Defiance. The county was named after an early Army fortification, Fort Defiance, which was so named by Mad An ...

* Defiance Township, Defiance County, Ohio * Defiance, Pennsylvania * Mount Defiance (New York), a hill in New York

Other uses

Defiance Campaign The Defiance Campaign against Unjust Laws was presented by the African National Congress (ANC) at a conference held in Bloemfontein, South Africa in December 1951. The Campaign had roots in events leading up the conference. The demonstrations ...

, a 1951 anti-apartheid initiative by the African National Congress * Defiance railway station, or Defiance Platform, a disused station on the Plymouth to Penzance Line in the UK *

Defiance Technologies Hinduja Group is an Indian transnational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. The group is present in eleven sectors including automotive, oil and specialty chemicals, banking and finance, IT and ITeS, cyber security, healthcare, trading, infra ...

, part of the Hinduja Group, a provider of IT, ERP and engineering services * Camp Defiance, a Union camp in Kansas during the American Civil War * Defiance Cycle Company, a cycle manufacturer formed in Wales in 1880 * Defiance Wrestling Federation, a defunct

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from 2009 to 2010 * DEFIANCE Wrestling, a similarly named and currently active pro wrestling promotion