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Definitions for Offense

[1] a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
[2] a transgression of the law; misdemeanor.
[3] a cause of transgression or wrong.
[4] something that offends or displeases.
[5] the act of offending or displeasing.
[6] the feeling of resentful displeasure caused: to give offense.
[7] the act of attacking; attack or assault: weapons of offense.
[8] a person, army, etc., that is attacking.
[9] Sports . the players or team unit responsible for attacking or scoring in a game. the players possessing or controlling the ball, puck, etc., or the aspects or period of a game when this obtains. a pattern or style of scoring attack: single-wing offense; fast-break offense. offensive effectiveness; ability to score: a total breakdown in offense.
[10] Archaic . injury, harm, or hurt.

Words related to Offense

infraction, misdemeanor, crime, transgression, misdeed, wrongdoing, breach, sin, assault, injury, attack, malfeasance, fault, lapse, wrong, peccadillo, delinquency, harm, battery, onslaught

Words nearby Offense

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Origin of Offense

1325–75; Middle English offence, offense; in part < Middle French offens < Latin offēnsus collision, knock, equivalent to offend(ere ) (see offend) + -tus suffix of v. action; in part < Middle French offense ≪ Latin offēnsa, feminine past participle of offendere

Other words from Offense

self-of·fense , noun

Synonyms for Offense

breach, crime, infraction, misdeed, misdemeanor, sin, transgression, wrongdoing, delinquency, fault, lapse, malfeasance, peccadillo, wrong