throwing of the gauntlet (noun) defiance: disobedience, disregard
Sinonime: affront,
audacity, back talk, big talk, boldness,
bravado, brazenness,
call,
cartel,
challenge,
command,
confrontation,
contempt, contrariness, contumacy,
dare,
defy, effrontery, enjoinder, factiousness,
gas*,
guts*, hot air,
impudence, impugnment,
insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, lip,
muster*,
opposition,
order, perversity,
provocation,
rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance,
revolt, sass,
spite, stump, summons,
temerity, throwing of the gauntlet, unruliness
Antonime: acquiescence,
obedience,
regard,
respect,
submission, subordination