[f. AFFRONT v. + -ING1.] (Now mostly gerundial.)
1. The action of offering indignity or open insult; insulting defiance.
1611. Cotgr., Avillonnement, an affronting, vexing.
1677. R. Gilpin, Dæmonol. Sacra (1867), 388. It is no less than the open affronting of God by abusing His own favours.
1702. Case of W. Penn, 8. By their affronting of it [the Act], and making Laws repugnant, and in opposition to it.
2. The action of facing or encountering.
1613. Hayward, Norm. Kings, 67. By affronting of both the Armies.
1856. Ruskin, Mod. Painters, IV. V. xix. § 15. This endurance or affronting of fearful images.
