Offend vs. Offense
Offendverb
(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
Offendverb
(intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult.
Offendverb
(transitive) To physically harm, pain.
Offendverb
(transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
Offendverb
(intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
Offendverb
(transitive) To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
Offendverb
To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
Offendverb
To strike against; to attack; to assail.
Offendverb
To displease; to make angry; to affront.
Offendverb
To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
Offendverb
To transgress; to violate; to sin against.
Offendverb
To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
Offendverb
To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin.
Offendverb
To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.
Offendverb
cause to feel resentment or indignation;
Offendverb
act in disregard of laws and rules;
Offendverb
strike with disgust or revulsion;
Offendverb
hurt the feelings of;
Offensenoun
The act of offending:
Offensenoun
a crime or sin
Offensenoun
an affront, insult or injury.
Offensenoun
The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
Offensenoun
A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
Offensenoun
The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.
Offensenoun
The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury.
Offensenoun
The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure; as, to cause offense.
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A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.
Offensenoun
In any contest, the act or process of attacking as contrasted with the act of defending; the offensive; as, to go on the offense.
Offensenoun
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.
Offensenoun
a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
Offensenoun
a feeling of anger caused by being offended;
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a crime less serious than a felony
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the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
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the action of attacking an enemy
