Offense

Definition of Offense

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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.

The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure; as, to cause offense.

He was content to give them just cause of offense, when they had power to make just revenge.

- Sir P. Sidney.

A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.

Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!

- Matt. xviii. 7.

In any contest, the act or process of attacking as contrasted with the act of defending; the offensive; as, to go on the offense.

(Sports) The members of a team who have the primary responsibility to score goals, in contrast to those who have the responsibility to defend, i.e. to prevent the opposing team from scoring goal.

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.

Related Words

aggravated assault, amphibious attack, angry look, armed assault, aspersion, assailing, assailment, assault, 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, indiscretion, inexpiable sin, infiltration, infraction, infringement, iniquity, injury, jeer, jeering, lapse, lightning attack, lightning war, malefaction, malfeasance, malum, mass attack, megadeath, miff, minor wrong, misdemeanor, misfeasance, mock, mockery, mortal sin, mugging, nonfeasance, offensive, omission, onset, onslaught, 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 of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, slip, snuff, sore point, sore spot, sortie, strike, taunt, tender spot, tort, trespass, trip, umbrage, uncomplimentary remark, unprovoked assault, unutterable sin, venial sin, violation, wrong, wrongdoing

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