Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-35155071-20180330190048/@comment-7292165-20180405220246

@Natrix

Yes the two words a synonyms, but not all of them means exactly the same thing. Considering that Kabuto was in full control and all of a sudden Koto breaks the compulsion and thus Itachi defies Kabuto's will. Resisting cannot be used in this case because Itachi indeed was not being control by Kabuto at all. Anyways, the word was actually "defied", so we don't need synonyms with meanings similar but not as accurate here.