offense

See also offensé

English

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Alternative forms

• (Commonwealth English) offence

Etymology

From Latin offensa (“a striking against; displeasure; injury”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʌˈfɛns/, /ɒˈfɛns/, X-SAMPA: /V"fEns/

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Noun

offense (plural offenses) (US)

1. The act of offending; a crime or sin; an affront or injury.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, Internal Combustion^[1]:

     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.

2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
3. (team sports) (often IPA: /ˈɒ fɛns/) A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
4. (team sports) (often IPA: /ˈɒ fɛns/) The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:offense

Antonyms

• defense

Derived terms

• hanging offense

Related terms

• offensive
• offend
• offender
• defense

Translations

act of offending

• Arabic: ذنب (ar) (dhanb) m
• Aramaic: אבאשותא (avashvta)
• Armenian: հանցանք (hy) (hanc’ank’)
• Czech: urážka (cs) f
• Finnish: loukkaus (fi), pahanteko (fi), rikos (fi), rikkomus (fi), rike (fi)
• French: offense (fr) f, injure (fr) f, insulte (fr) f
• Greek: προσβολή (el) (prosvolí) f, παράβαση (el) (parávasi) f, κακοφανισμός (el) (kakofanismós) m, θίξιμο (el) (θíksimo) n

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fornærmelse (nb) m

  Nynorsk: fornærming (nn)

• Portuguese: ofensa (pt) f
• Russian: обида (ru) (obída) f (insult), преступление (ru) (prestuplénije) n (crime), проступок (ru) (prostúpok) m (misdeed)
• Scottish Gaelic: oilbheum (gd) m, coire (gd) f
• Tagalog: krimen (tl)

state of being offended

• Aramaic: אבאשותא (avashvta)
• Chamicuro: suchi

• Finnish: loukkaantuminen (fi)
• Greek: θυμός (el) (θimós) m

strategy and tactics employed when in position to score

• Finnish: hyökkäys (fi)
• French: attaque (fr) f, offensive (fr) f

• Greek: επίθεση (el) (epíθesi) f

portion of a team dedicated to scoring

• Finnish: hyökkääjät (fi) pl, hyökkäyspää (fi)
• French: attaque (fr) f, attaquants (fr) m pl

• Greek: επίθεση (el) (epíθesi) f
• Portuguese: ataque (pt) m

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Translations to be checked

• Portuguese: ofensa (pt) f, delito (pt) m, transgressão (pt) f
• Sindhi: وارُ (sd) (vaaru) m

See also

• crime
• sin

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French

Verb

offense

1. first-person singular present indicative of offenser
2. third-person singular present indicative of offenser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of offenser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of offenser
5. second-person singular imperative of offenser

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Latin

Adjective

offense

1. vocative masculine singular of offensus