8-Letter Words That End With: IANCE

• intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude

• a hostile challenge

• a defiant act

• a particular environment or surrounding influence

• the atmosphere of an environment

• a state or condition markedly different from the norm

• deviate behavior

• an event that departs from expectations

• discord that splits a group

• the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

• the quality of being subject to variation

• an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)

• an activity that varies from a norm or standard

• the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)

• the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

• the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

• an attractive combination of good health and happiness

• the state of being allied or confederated

• a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

• an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

• a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim

• the act of forming an alliance or confederation

• certainty based on past experience

• the state of relying on something