About The Word Offense

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Offense

Offense Meaning & Definition
Offense Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Offense?

[n] a crime less serious than a felony
[n] the action of attacking the enemy
[n] a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
[n] a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question"
[n] the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

Synonyms | Synonyms for Offense: discourtesy | infraction | infringement | misdemeanor | misdemeanour | offence | offence | offence | offensive | offensive activity | umbrage | violation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Offense: affront | aggravated assault | aggression | amphibious attack | angry look | armed assault | aspersion | assailing | assailment | assault | atrocity | attack | bad faith | banzai attack | blitz | blitzkrieg | breach | breach of contract | breach of faith | breach of privilege | breach of promise | breach of trust | breaking | breakthrough | brickbat | casus belli | charge | contempt | contravention | contumely | counterattack | counteroffensive | coup de main | crime | crime against humanity | crippling attack | cut | dead set at | deadly sin | delict | delinquency | dereliction | descent on | despite | dirty look | diversion | diversionary attack | drive | dudgeon | dump | enormity | error | evil | failure | fault | felony | flank attack | flout | flouting | frontal attack | frown | gas attack | genocide | gibe | glare | glower | guilty act | head-on attack | heavy sin | huff | humiliation | illegality | impropriety | indignity | indiscretion | inexpiable sin | infiltration | infraction | infringement | iniquity | injury | injustice | insult | jeer | jeering | lapse | lightning attack | lightning war | malefaction | malfeasance | malum | mass attack | megadeath | miff | minor wrong | misdeed | misdemeanor | misfeasance | mock | mockery | mortal sin | mugging | nonfeasance | offensive | omission | onset | onslaught | outrage | overkill | panzer warfare | peccadillo | peccancy | pique | provocation | push | put-down | raw nerve | red rag | resentment | run against | run at | rush | sally | scoff | scowl | scurrility | shock tactics | sin | sin of commission | sin of omission | sinful act | slip | snuff | sore point | sore spot | sortie | strike | taunt | tender spot | tort | transgression | trespass | trip | umbrage | uncomplimentary remark | unprovoked assault | unutterable sin | venial sin | violation | wrong | wrongdoing

See Also | affront | anger | bearing false witness | behavior | behaviour | breach of the peace | choler | conduct | counteroffensive | crime | derision | disorderly behavior | disorderly conduct | disturbance of the peace | doings | false pretence | false pretense | indecent exposure | indelicacy | insolence | insult | ire | law-breaking | lying under oath | military operation | operation | perjury | presumption | public nudity | push back | rebuff | ridicule | rollback | sedition | slight | squad | team

Offense In Webster's Dictionary

\Of*fense"\, Offence \Of*fence"\, n. [F., fr. L. offensa. See {Offend}.] 1. The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury. Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification. --Rom. iv. 25. I have given my opinion against the authority of two great men, but I hope without offense to their memories. --Dryden. 2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure. He was content to give them just cause of offense, when they had power to make just revenge. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin. [Obs.] Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! --Matt. xviii. 7. Note: This word, like expense, is often spelled with a c. It ought, however, to undergo the same change with expense, the reasons being the same, namely, that s must be used in offensive as in expensive, and is found in the Latin offensio, and the French offense. {To take offense}, to feel, or assume to be, injured or affronted; to become angry or hostile. {Weapons of offense}, those which are used in attack, in distinction from those of defense, which are used to repel. Syn: Displeasure; umbrage; resentment; misdeed; misdemeanor; trespass; transgression; delinquency; fault; sin; crime; affront; indignity; outrage; insult.

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