1) Contested 2) Dared 3) Defied 4) Stood up to 1) Dared 2) Took issue with tax date 
• (imp. & p. p.) of Challenge
The Knight of the Spring is complaining that Calogrenant has not done things properly. If a knight was angry about something and wanted to fight he was supposed to go to him and challenge him to a combat, making clear his reasons for doing so and arranging a time and place for the fight. Throwing down his armoured glove (called a gauntlet) was one ...
(used as a euphemism) disabled, handicapped, or deficient (usually prec. by an adverb): physically challenged.