Offense

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

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:offense

Antonyms

 * defense

Derived terms

 * hanging offense

Related terms

 * offensive
 * offend
 * offender
 * defense

Adjectives for Offense
criminal; indecent; mortal; dire; flagrant; heinous; aggravated; imputed; trivial; penitentiary; deliberate; actual; supreme; vile; grievous; giddy; voluntary; heavy; continual; superficial; dismissed; similar; odious; impeachable; primitive; slightest; unpardonable; vicious; enormous; grave; excruciating; rank.

Verbs for Offense
bewail—; commit—; condone—; countenance—; decry—; denounce—; excuse—; fear —; indict for—; lash for—; palliate—; penalize—; punish—; rue—; uncover—; —besmirches; —debases;   —defaces;  —dis¬graces; —involves; —libels; —slanders.

Thesaurus
affront, aggravated assault, aggression, amphibious attack, angry look, armed assault, aspersion, assailing, assailment, assault, atrocity, attack, bad faith, banzai attack, blitz, blitzkrieg, breach, breach of contract, breach of faith, breach of privilege, breach of promise, breach of trust, breaking, breakthrough, brickbat, casus belli, charge, contempt, contravention, contumely, counterattack, counteroffensive, coup de main, crime, crime against humanity, crippling attack, cut, dead set at, deadly sin, delict, delinquency, dereliction, descent on, despite, dirty look, diversion, diversionary attack, drive, dudgeon, dump, enormity, error, evil, failure, fault, felony, flank attack, flout, flouting, frontal attack, frown, gas attack, genocide, gibe, glare, glower, guilty act, head-on attack, heavy sin, huff, humiliation, illegality, impropriety, indignity, indiscretion, inexpiable sin, infiltration, infraction, infringement, iniquity, injury, injustice, insult, jeer, jeering, lapse, lightning attack, lightning war, malefaction, malfeasance, malum, mass attack, megadeath, miff, minor wrong, misdeed, misdemeanor, misfeasance, mock, mockery, mortal sin, mugging, nonfeasance, offensive, omission, onset, onslaught, outrage, overkill, panzer warfare, peccadillo, peccancy, pique, provocation, push, put-down, raw nerve, red rag, resentment, run against, run at, rush, sally, scoff, scowl, scurrility, shock tactics, sin, sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, slip, snuff, sore point, sore spot, sortie, strike, taunt, tender spot, tort, transgression, trespass, trip, umbrage, uncomplimentary remark, unprovoked assault, unutterable sin, venial sin, violation, wrong, wrongdoing

Alternative forms
(Commonwealth English) offence (plural: offences)

Etymology
From offensa:

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Aramaic: אבאשותא (avashvta)
 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,


 * French:, ,
 * Greek:, ,  ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, coire


 * Aramaic: אבאשותא (avashvta)
 * Chamicuro:


 * Finnish: loukkaantuminen
 * Greek:


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * Greek:


 * Finnish:
 * French:, attaquants


 * Greek:


 * : ofensa ; delito, transgressão
 * : (vaaru)