Unscramble offenses

Definition of offense

noun:

• a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. Synonyms: discourtesy, offence, offensive activity.
• a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question". Synonyms: offence, umbrage.
• (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes". Synonyms: crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence.
• the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score. Synonyms: offence. Antonyms: defence, defense.
• the action of attacking an enemy. Synonyms: offence, offensive.

Related words

affront, attack, attempt, barratry, commission, committal, cybercrime, derision, felony, forgery, fraud, highjack, hijack, indelicacy, infraction, infringement, insolence, insult, mayhem, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, perpetration, presumption, rebuff, ridicule, rollback, slight, thuggery, treason, violation.

Words nearby

offence.

Rhymes with

commence, commonsense, condense, defence, defense, dense, dispense, expense, fence, hence, immense, incense, intense, pretense, sense, suspense, tense, thence, whence, whence.