Meaning of OFFENCE
| Pronunciation: | | u'fens
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | discourtesy, infraction, infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, offense, offense, offense, offensive, offensive activity, umbrage, violation |
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| | Antonyms: | | defence, defending team, defense | | |
| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Of*fence"\, n.
See {Offense}.
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| | Definition: | | (1.) An injury or wrong done to one (1 Sam. 25:31; Rom. 5:15). (2.) A stumbling-block or cause of temptation (Isa. 8:14; Matt. 16:23; 18:7). Greek skandalon, properly that at which one stumbles or takes offence. The "offence of the cross" (Gal. 5:11) is the offence the Jews took at the teaching that salvation was by the crucified One, and by him alone. Salvation by the cross was a stumbling-block to their national pride. |
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| | Related Terms: | | breach, crime, dereliction, error, fault, felony, harm, hurt, infraction, infringement, injure, insult, lapse, malefaction, misdeed, misdemeanor, offend, outrage, peccadillo, sin, slight, slip, take umbrage, transgression, trespass, violation, wrong, wrongdoing |
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