OFFENCE
\əfˈɛns], \əfˈɛns], \ə_f_ˈɛ_n_s]\
Definitions of OFFENCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
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a crime less serious than a felony
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a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question"
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the action of attacking an enemy
By Princeton University
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a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
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a crime less serious than a felony
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a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury.
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The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
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A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.
By Oddity Software
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The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury.
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The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
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A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.
By Noah Webster.
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Sin; wrong; crime; misdemeanor; that which injures, affronts, or angers; assault or attack. Also, offense.
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Offenseless, offenceless.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. Act of offending, displeasing, or hurting ;— transgression; crime ; sin ;— injury ; wrong ;— cause of displeasure ; scandal ; stumblingblock ;- displeasure conceived or felt ; resentment ; anger ;- assault ; attack.
