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noun

1. An act that offends a person's sense of pride or dignity: affront, contumely, despite, indignity, insult, outrage, slight. Idioms: slap in the face. See attack/defend.
2. Extreme displeasure caused by an insult or slight: dudgeon, huff, miff, pique, resentment, ruffled feathers, umbrage. See like/dislike, pain/pleasure.
3. A wicked act or wicked behavior: crime, deviltry, diablerie, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, misdeed, peccancy, sin, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing. See right/wrong.
4. Something that offends one's sense of propriety, fairness, or justice: crime, outrage, sin. See right/wrong.
5. A serious breaking of the public law: crime, illegality, misdeed. Law felony. See crimes.
6. The act of attacking: aggression, assailment, assault, attack, attempt, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, strike. See attack/defend.

n

Definition: anger, hard feelings, insult, displeasure
Antonyms: happiness, kindness, pleasure

n

Definition: violation, trespass
Antonyms: obedience

[ǝܒfens]

ǝˈfens n. 1. a breach of a law or rule; an illegal act: neither offense violates any federal law.

2. the action of attacking: reductions in strategic offense arsenals.

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A breach of law; a crime.

An offense may consist of a felony or a mis- demeanor. The term is used to indicate a violation of public rights as opposed to private ones. For example, murder is an offense whereas libel is not.

For a list of words related to offense, see:

• Crimes, Criminals, and Civil Offenders - offense: breach of criminal or civil law
• Opposition, Disagreement, and Attack - offense: assault, attack; something that insults, displeases, or outrages
• Crimes - offense: breach of criminal laws

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fornærmelse, anstød, forargelse, forseelse

idioms:

• give offence    vække anstød
• no offence    det var ikke ment som en fornærmelse
• take offence at    tage anstød af

Nederlands (Dutch)
overtreding, delict, misdaad, krenking, belediging

Français (French)
n. - blessure, (Jur) infraction, offense, atteinte, (Mil) offensive, (US, Sport) attaquants (npl)

idioms:

• give offence    offenser
• no offence    pas de mal, ne pas offenser
• take offence at    s'offenser de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Angriff, Straftat, Verstoß, Kränkung

idioms:

• give offence    kränken, Ärgernis erregen
• no offence    nichts für ungut
• take offence at    beleidigt sein

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παράβαση (νόμου κ.λπ.), παράπτωμα, αδίκημα, θίξιμο, προσβολή, ύβρις, επίθεση, ενόχληση, συναίσθημα θιγέντος, θίξιμο, επιτιθέμενες δυνάμεις, επιτιθέμενοι

idioms:

• give offence    θίγω, προσβάλλω
• no offence    χωρίς παρεξήγηση!, με το συμπάθιο!
• take offence at    προσβάλλομαι, θίγομαι

Italiano (Italian)
reato, offesa

idioms:

• cause/give offence    offendere
• no offence    senza offesa
• take offence at    prenderla come un'offesa, offendersi per

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ofensa (f)

idioms:

• cause/give offence    ofender
• no offence    sem ofensa
• take offence at    entender como ofensa

Русский (Russian)
правонарушение, обида

idioms:

• cause/give offence    нанести обиду
• no offence    не в обиду будь сказано
• take offence at    обидеться на

Español (Spanish)
n. - ofensa, escándalo, contravención, infracción, transgresión, injuria, falta, ataque, ofensiva

idioms:

• give offence    ofender, escandalizar
• no offence    sin ánimo de ofender
• take offence at    escandalizarse por, ofenderse por

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - överträdelse, förseelse, anstöt, brott

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
犯罪, 违反, 冒犯

idioms:

• give offence    触怒, 冒犯, 得罪
• no offence    请勿见怪, 无冒犯之意
• take offence at    因...而生气, 因...见怪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 犯罪, 違反, 冒犯

idioms:

• give offence    觸怒, 冒犯, 得罪
• no offence    請勿見怪, 無冒犯之意
• take offence at    因...而生氣, 因...見怪

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 위반, 화냄, 공격

idioms:

• give offence    성나게 하다
• take offence at    성내다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 違反, 法律違反, 侮辱, 気を悪くすること, 攻撃, 攻撃側

idioms:

• cause/give offence    腹を立てる
• no offence    悪気はないが
• take offence at    怒る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إهانه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עבירה, התקפה, פגיעה, מפגע, עלבון‬

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