Offence

Noun

 * 1) The act of offending; a crime or sin; an affront or injury.
 * 2) The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
 * 3)  A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defence.
 * 4)  The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defence.

Thesaurus
sin, slight, slip, take umbrage, transgression, trespass, violation, wrong, wrongdoing, breach, crime, dereliction, error, fault, felony, harm, hurt, infraction, infringement, injure, insult, lapse, malefaction, misdeed, misdemeanor, offend, outrage, peccadillo,

Alternative forms
(US English) offense (plural: offenses)

Etymology
From offensa:

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:offense

Antonyms

 * defence

Derived terms

 * hanging offence

Related terms

 * offensive
 * offend
 * offender
 * defence