1) Beards 2) Challenges 3) Disobeys 4) Flies in the face of 5) Flouts 6) Goes up against 7) Openly disobeys 8) Openly resists 9) Refuses to obey 10) Resists boldly 11) Says no to 12) Stands uo to 13) Stands up to 14) Stumps Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/defies