offense
/əˈfɛns/ noun B2- A crime or sin.
- An affront, injury, or insult.
- The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
- A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
- The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.
Plural offenses
From the library
Little liberties are great offenses.
The Lion inquired why he went off so abruptly without a word of salutation to his host, who had not given him any cause for offense.
But I mean no offense.”
No, some other method of punishment must be found to bring Anne to a proper realization of the enormity of her offense.
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