of·fence ( -f ns )n. Chiefly British Variant of offense. |
offence US, offense [əˈfɛns]
n
1. a violation or breach of a law, custom, rule, etc.
2.
a. any public wrong or crime
b. a nonindictable crime punishable on summary conviction
3. annoyance, displeasure, or resentment
give offence (to) to cause annoyance or displeasure (to)
take offence to feel injured, humiliated, or offended
6. a source of annoyance, displeasure, or anger
7. (Military) attack; assault
8. Archaic injury or harm
9. (Team Sports / American Football) American football (usually preceded by the)
a. the team that has possession of the ball
b. the members of a team that play in such circumstances
offenceless US, offenseless adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  offence - the action of attacking an enemy military operation, operation - activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force" counteroffensive - a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force dirty war - an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims; "thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s" |
| 2. | offence - the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score defending team, defence, defense - (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense" | |
| 3. |  offence - a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question" | |
| 4. | offence - a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others indelicacy - an impolite act or expression insolence - an offensive disrespectful impudent act affront, insult - a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" presumption - a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; "his presumption was intolerable" | |
| 5. |  offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"evildoing, transgression - the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father" barratry - the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels capital offense - a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate cybercrime - crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs felony - a serious crime (such as murder or arson) forgery - criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud fraud - intentional deception resulting in injury to another person Had crime - (Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran; "Had crimes include apostasy from Islam and murder and theft and adultery" highjack, hijack - seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination mayhem - the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person attempt, attack - the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life" Tazir crime - (Islam) minor crimes committed by Muslims; crimes that are not mentioned in the Koran so judges are free to punish the offender in any appropriate way; "in some Islamic nations Tazir crimes are set by legislation" regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense - crimes created by statutes and not by common law thuggery - violent or brutal acts as of thugs vice crime - a vice that is illegal victimless crime - an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims; "he considers prostitution to be a victimless crime" war crime - a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of war criminal law - the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment abduct, kidnap, nobble, snatch - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" shanghai, impress - take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged" commandeer, highjack, hijack, pirate - take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" skyjack - subject an aircraft to air piracy; "the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan" carjack - take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it; "My car was carjacked last night!" extort - obtain through intimidation blackmail - obtain through threats scalp - sell illegally, as on the black market bootleg - sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey" black market, run - deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor push - sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs" black marketeer - deal on the black market pyramid - use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal traffic - deal illegally; "traffic drugs" shoplift - steal in a store mug - rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence; "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night" |
offence
noun
1. crime, wrong, sin, lapse, fault, violation, wrongdoing, trespass, felony, misdemeanour, delinquency, misdeed, transgression, peccadillo, unlawful act, breach of conduct It is a criminal offence to sell goods which are unsafe.
2. outrage, shock, anger, trouble, bother, grief (informal), resentment, irritation, hassle (informal), wrath, indignation, annoyance, ire (literary), displeasure, pique, aggravation, hard feelings, umbrage, vexation, wounded feelings The book might be published without creating offence.
3. insult, injury, slight, hurt, harm, outrage, put-down (slang), injustice, snub, affront, indignity, displeasure, rudeness, slap in the face (informal), insolence His behaviour was an offence to his hosts.
take offence be offended, resent, be upset, be outraged, be put out (informal), be miffed (informal), be displeased, take umbrage, be disgruntled, be affronted, be piqued, take the needle (informal), get riled, take the huff, go into a huff, be huffy You're very quick to take offence today.
Translations
offence offense (US) [əˈfens] N
1. (= crime) → delito m; (moral) → pecado m, falta f (Sport) → falta f
first offence → primer delito
second offence → reincidencia f
to commit an offence → cometer un delito
it is an offence to → está prohibido ..., se prohíbe ...
first offence → primer delito
second offence → reincidencia f
to commit an offence → cometer un delito
it is an offence to → está prohibido ..., se prohíbe ...
2. (= insult) → ofensa f, agravio m
no offence!; no offence meant → sin ánimo de ofender
no offence was intended; he intended no offence → no tenía intención de ofender a nadie
it is an offence to the eye → hace daño a la vista
to give or cause offence (to sb) → ofender(a algn)
to take offence (at sth) → ofenderse or sentirse ofendido(por algo)
no offence!; no offence meant → sin ánimo de ofender
no offence was intended; he intended no offence → no tenía intención de ofender a nadie
it is an offence to the eye → hace daño a la vista
to give or cause offence (to sb) → ofender(a algn)
to take offence (at sth) → ofenderse or sentirse ofendido(por algo)
offence [əˈfɛns] offense (US) n (= crime) → infraction f
to commit an offence → commettre une infraction drug offence, criminal offence
to commit an offence → commettre une infraction drug offence, criminal offence
(to sb's feelings) to give offence (= offend people) → offenser certaines personnes
to cause offence → offenser certaines personnes
to give offence to sb → offenser qn
to cause offence to sb → offenser qn
to avoid offence (= to avoid giving offence) → pour n'offenser personne
to take offence → s'offenser
to take offence at sth → s'offenser de qch
to cause offence → offenser certaines personnes
to give offence to sb → offenser qn
to cause offence to sb → offenser qn
to avoid offence (= to avoid giving offence) → pour n'offenser personne
to take offence → s'offenser
to take offence at sth → s'offenser de qch
(used as sentence adverb) no offence, but ... → sans vouloir vous offenser or t'offenser ...
offence, (US) offense
n
(Jur) (= crime) → Straftat f, → Delikt nt; (minor) → Vergehen nt; to commit an offence → sich strafbar machen; it is an offence to … → … ist bei Strafe verboten; first offence → erste Straftat, erstes Vergehen; second offence → Rückfall m; an offence against … → ein Verstoß m → gegen …
(fig) an offence against good taste → eine Beleidigung des guten Geschmacks; an offence against common decency → eine Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses
no pl (to sb’s feelings) → Kränkung f, → Beleidigung f; (to sense of decency, morality etc) → Anstoß m; to cause or give offence to somebody → jdn kränken or beleidigen; without giving offence → ohne kränkend zu sein; to take offence at something → wegen etw gekränkt or beleidigt sein; she is quick to take offence → sie ist leicht gekränkt or beleidigt; I meant no offence → ich habe es nicht böse gemeint; no offence to the Germans, of course! → damit will/wollte ich natürlich nichts gegen die Deutschen gesagt haben; no offence (meant) → nichts für ungut; no offence (taken) → ich nehme dir das nicht übel
(Eccl, = sin) → Sünde f
(= attack, US: = attacking part of team) → Angriff m; offence is the best defence (Brit) offense is the best defense (US) → Angriff ist die beste Verteidigung
offence offense (Am) [əˈfɛns] n
offence offense (Am) [əˈfɛns] n
a. (crime) → infrazione f, contravvenzione f, reato
first offence → primo reato
to commit an offence → commettere un reato
it is an offence to ... → è vietato dalla legge...
first offence → primo reato
to commit an offence → commettere un reato
it is an offence to ... → è vietato dalla legge...
b. (moral) → offesa
to give offence (to sb) → offendere (qn)
to take offence (at sth) → offendersi (per qc)
to give offence (to sb) → offendere (qn)
to take offence (at sth) → offendersi (per qc)
offence offense (Am) [əˈfɛns] n
a. (crime) → infrazione f, contravvenzione f, reato
first offence → primo reato
to commit an offence → commettere un reato
it is an offence to ... → è vietato dalla legge...
first offence → primo reato
to commit an offence → commettere un reato
it is an offence to ... → è vietato dalla legge...
b. (moral) → offesa
to give offence (to sb) → offendere (qn)
to take offence (at sth) → offendersi (per qc)
to give offence (to sb) → offendere (qn)
to take offence (at sth) → offendersi (per qc)
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