offense
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English offence, from Old French offense, from Latin offensa (“a striking against; displeasure; injury”).
Inflected forms:
form: offenses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: offence
pos: noun
tags: alternative
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Senses:
gloss: The act of offending.
pos: noun
tags: US
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examples: The slave fully appreciates the saying, "where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." When old master's gestures were violent, ending with a threatening shake of the head, and a sharp snap of his middle finger and thumb, I deemed it wise to keep at a respectable distance from him; for, at such times, trifling faults stood, in his eyes, as momentous offenses; and, having both the power and the disposition, the victim had only to be near him to catch the punishment, deserved or undeserved.
The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
gloss: The act of offending.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
examples: Thus I have ventur'd to give my Opinion on this Subject againſt the Authority of tvvo great men, but I hope vvithout offence to either of their Memories, for I both lov'd them living, and reverence them now they are dead.
gloss: The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
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gloss: A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
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gloss: The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
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Synonyms: offense
affront
barb
burn
dis
diss
insult
insultation
pejorative
put-down
slam
slight
slur
Related words: offensive
offend
offender
crime
sin
Derived words: capital offense
criminal offense
cyberoffense
Daffy Duck offense
hanging offense
hanging offence
hurry-up offense
indictable offense
indictable offence
lesser included offense
no offense
offence to be taken into consideration
offenseful
offenseless
offensensitivity
offensible
offensive and defensive alliance
primary offense
regulatory offense
regulatory offence
shotgun offense
status offense
summary offense
summary offence
take offense
the best defense is a good offense
West Coast offense
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: հանցանք
roman: hancʻankʻ
lang: Armenian
word: օրինազանցություն
roman: ōrinazancʻutʻyun
lang: Bulgarian
word: нарушение
roman: narušenie
lang: Bulgarian
word: престъпление
roman: prestǎplenie
lang: Danish
word: lovovertrædelse
lang: Finnish
word: rikos
lang: Finnish
word: rike
lang: Finnish
word: lainrikkomus
lang: German
word: Vergehen
lang: Greek
word: αδίκημα
roman: adíkima
lang: Hebrew
word: עֲבֵרָה
roman: 'averá
lang: Hindi
word: वार
roman: vār
lang: Hungarian
word: sérelem
lang: Hungarian
word: sértés
lang: Latin
word: offensa
lang: Macedonian
word: пре́кршок
roman: prékršok
lang: Malay
word: kesalahan
lang: Māori
word: hēanga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: lovovertredelse
lang: Portuguese
word: ofensa
lang: Portuguese
word: delito
lang: Portuguese
word: transgressão
lang: Romanian
word: ofensă
lang: Russian
word: преступле́ние
roman: prestuplénije
lang: Russian
word: правонаруше́ние
roman: pravonarušénije
lang: Sanskrit
word: आगस्
roman: āgas
lang: Sanskrit
word: एनस्
roman: enas
lang: Swedish
word: lagöverträdelse
lang: Swedish
word: överträdelse
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: صوچ
roman: suç
lang: Ukrainian
word: правопору́шення
roman: pravoporúšennja
lang: Armenian
word: վիրավորանք
roman: viravorankʻ
lang: Catalan
word: ofensa
lang: Catalan
word: insult
lang: Esperanto
word: ofendo
lang: Finnish
word: loukkaus
lang: Greek
word: προσβολή
roman: prosvolí
lang: Hungarian
word: sértés
lang: Irish
word: aithisiú
lang: Latin
word: offensa
lang: Portuguese
word: ofensa
lang: Portuguese
word: insulto
lang: Romanian
word: ofensă
lang: Russian
word: просту́пок
roman: prostúpok
lang: Spanish
word: ofensa
lang: Swedish
word: kränkning