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Webster 1828 Edition
Offense
OFFENSE
,Noun.
1.
Displeasure; anger, or moderate anger. He gave them just cause of offense. He took offense.2.
Scandal; cause of stumbling. Christ is called a stone of stumbling and rock of offense to both the houses of Israel. Ps. 8.3.
Any transgression of law, divine or human; a crime; sin; act of wickedness or omission of duty.Christ was delivered for our offenses, and raised again for our justification. Rom. 4.
4.
An injury.I have given my opinion against the authority of two great men, but I hope without offense to their memories.
5.
Attack; assault; as a weapon of offense.6.
Impediment. Matt. 16.Definition 2024
offense
offense
See also: offensé
English
Alternative forms
- (British standard spelling) offence
Noun
offense (plural offenses) (US)
- The act of offending:
- a crime or sin
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
- 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.
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- an affront, insult or injury.
- Dryden
- I have given my opinion against the authority of two great men, but I hope without offence to their memories.
- Dryden
- a crime or sin
- The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
- (team sports) (often /ˈɒ fɛns/) A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
- (team sports) (often /ˈɒ fɛns/) The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.
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Translations
act of offending against the law
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act of offending against manners
state of being offended
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strategy and tactics employed when in position to score
portion of a team dedicated to scoring