English Explanatory Dictionary

offense

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of offending.
  2. A crime or sin.
  3. An affront, injury, or insult.
  4. The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
  5. A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
  6. The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.

Pronunciation

/əˈfɛns/ En-us-offense.ogg /ˈɔf.ɛns/ /ˈɑf.ɛns/

Word forms

offense offenses offence

Etymology

From Middle English offence, from Old French offense, from Latin offensa (“a striking against; displeasure; injury”).

Synonyms

offense affront barb burn dis diss insult insultation pejorative put-down slam slight slur misdoing transgression wrongdoing crime delict delinquency error malfeasance misdeed misdemeanor peccadillo sin tort tortfeasance veniality wrong miff offendedness pique umbrage

Antonyms

defence defense

Related words

offensive offend offender crime sin

Derived words

capital offense criminal offense cyberoffense Daffy Duck offense hanging offense hanging offence hurry-up offense indictable offense indictable offence lesser included offense no offense offence to be taken into consideration offenseful offenseless offensensitivity offensible offensive and defensive alliance primary offense regulatory offense regulatory offence shotgun offense status offense summary offense summary offence take offense the best defense is a good offense West Coast offense

Translations

Armenian: հանցանք Armenian: օրինազանցություն Armenian: վիրավորանք Bulgarian: нарушение Bulgarian: престъпление Danish: lovovertrædelse Finnish: rikos Finnish: rike Finnish: lainrikkomus Finnish: loukkaus German: Vergehen Greek: αδίκημα Greek: προσβολή Hebrew: עֲבֵרָה Hindi: वार Hungarian: sérelem Hungarian: sértés Latin: offensa Macedonian: пре́кршок Malay: kesalahan Māori: hēanga Norwegian Bokmål: lovovertredelse Portuguese: ofensa Portuguese: delito Portuguese: transgressão Portuguese: insulto Romanian: ofensă Russian: преступле́ние Russian: правонаруше́ние Russian: просту́пок Sanskrit: आगस् Sanskrit: एनस् Swedish: lagöverträdelse Swedish: överträdelse Swedish: kränkning Ottoman Turkish: صوچ Ukrainian: правопору́шення Catalan: ofensa Catalan: insult Esperanto: ofendo Irish: aithisiú Spanish: ofensa
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