Defenition of the word offense

• Defenition of the word offense

  • a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others
  • a crime less serious than a felony
  • the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
  • the action of attacking the enemy
  • a feeling of anger caused by an offence; "give or take umbrage or offense"
  • the action of attacking an enemy
  • a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
  • a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question"
  • (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
  • a feeling of anger caused by being offended

Synonyms for the word offense

• • affront
  • assault
  • attack
  • crime
  • discourtesy
  • evil doing
  • fault
  • felony
  • indignation
  • infraction
  • infringement
  • insult
  • misdemeanor
  • misdemeanour
  • offence
  • offensive
  • offensive activity
  • pique
  • resentment
  • sin
  • transgression
  • umbrage
  • violation
  • wrongdoing

Similar words in the offense

• • offense
  • offense's
  • offenses

Hyponyms for the word offense

• • affront
  • attack
  • attempt
  • barratry
  • bearing false witness
  • breach of the peace
  • capital offense
  • commission
  • committal
  • counteroffensive
  • cybercrime
  • derision
  • dirty war
  • disorderly behavior
  • disorderly conduct
  • disturbance of the peace
  • false pretence
  • false pretense
  • felony
  • forgery
  • fraud
  • had crime
  • high treason
  • highjack
  • hijack
  • indecent exposure
  • indelicacy
  • infraction
  • infringement
  • insolence
  • insult
  • lese majesty
  • lying under oath
  • mayhem
  • misdemeanor
  • misdemeanour
  • perjury
  • perpetration
  • presumption
  • public nudity
  • push back
  • rebuff
  • regulatory offence
  • regulatory offense
  • ridicule
  • rollback
  • sedition
  • slight
  • statutory offence
  • statutory offense
  • tazir crime
  • thuggery
  • treason
  • vice crime
  • victimless crime
  • violation
  • war crime

Hypernyms for the word offense

• • anger
  • behavior
  • behaviour
  • choler
  • conduct
  • crime
  • doings
  • evildoing
  • ire
  • law-breaking
  • military operation
  • operation
  • squad
  • team
  • transgression

Antonyms for the word offense

• • defence
  • defending team
  • defense

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