Definition of Offnse
{ Of*fense", Of*fence" } (?),
n. [F., fr. L. offensa. See Offend.]
1. 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.
2. The state of being offended or displeased;
anger; displeasure.
He was content to give them just cause of
offense, when they had power to make just
revenge. Sir P. Sidney.
3. A cause or occasion of stumbling or of
sin. [Obs.]
Woe to that man by whom the offense
cometh! Matt. xviii. 7.
&fist; This word, like expense, is often spelled with a
c. It ought, however, to undergo the same change with
expense, the reasons being the same, namely, that s
must be used in offensive as in expensive, and is found
in the Latin offensio, and the French offense.
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.
Syn. -- Displeasure; umbrage; resentment; misdeed;
misdemeanor; trespass; transgression; delinquency; fault; sin; crime;
affront; indignity; outrage; insult.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury.
- The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
- (team sports) A strategy employed when a team is in a position to score.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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