offense
See also: offensé
English
Alternative forms
- (British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand standard spelling) offence
Etymology
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Borrowed from Old French offense, from Latin offensa (“a striking against; displeasure; injury”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈfɛns/
- (team sports senses, especially in the U.S.): IPA(key): /ˈɔf.ɛns/, /ˈɑf.ɛns/)
- Hyphenation: of‧fense
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛns
Noun
offense (countable and uncountable, plural offenses) (American spelling)
- The act of offending:
- a crime or sin
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in 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.
- 1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom Chapter 3
- The slave fully appreciates the saying, "where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." When old master's gestures were violent, ending with a threatening shake of the head, and a sharp snap of his middle finger and thumb, I deemed it wise to keep at a respectable distance from him; for, at such times, trifling faults stood, in his eyes, as momentous offenses; and, having both the power and the disposition, the victim had only to be near him to catch the punishment, deserved or undeserved.
- an affront, insult or injury.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- I have given my opinion against the authority of two great men, but I hope without offence to their memories.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- a crime or sin
- The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:offense
Antonyms
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Translations
act of offending against the law
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act of offending against manners
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state of being offended
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strategy and tactics employed when in position to score
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portion of a team dedicated to scoring
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See also
French
Pronunciation
Verb
offense
- first-person singular present indicative of offenser
- third-person singular present indicative of offenser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of offenser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of offenser
- second-person singular imperative of offenser
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ofˈfen.se/, [ɔfˈfẽːs̠ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ofˈfen.se/, [ofˈfɛnse]
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) offēnse
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