English noun: offense |
| 1. | offense (act) a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others |
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| Synonyms | discourtesy, offence, offensive activity |
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| Broader (hypernym) | behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | affront, derision, indelicacy, insolence, insult, presumption, rebuff, ridicule, slight |
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| 2. | offense (feeling) a feeling of anger caused by being offended |
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| Samples | He took offence at my question.
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| Synonyms | offence, umbrage |
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| Broader (hypernym) | anger, choler, ire |
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| 3. | offense (act) (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act |
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| Samples | A long record of crimes.
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| Synonyms | crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence |
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| Broader (hypernym) | evildoing, transgression |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | attack, attempt, barratry, capital offense, commission, committal, cybercrime, felony, forgery, fraud, Had crime, high treason, highjack, hijack, infraction, infringement, lese majesty, mayhem, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, perpetration, regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense, Tazir crime, thuggery, treason, vice crime, victimless crime, violation, war crime |
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| Domain category | criminal law |
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| Domain category members | abduct, black market, black marketeer, blackmail, bootleg, bribe, buy, buy off, carjack, commandeer, corrupt, crib, extort, fob off, foist off, grease one's palms, highjack, hijack, hold up, impress, kick back, kidnap, lift, lift, loot, mug, nobble, palm off, pay off, pirate, pirate, plagiarise, plagiarize, plunder, push, pyramid, rake off, ransom, redeem, run, rustle, scalp, shanghai, shoplift, skyjack, smuggle, snatch, stick up, traffic |
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| 4. | offense (group) the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score |
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| Synonyms | offence |
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| Broader (hypernym) | squad, team |
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| Antonyms | defending team, defence, defense |
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| 5. | offense (act) the action of attacking an enemy |
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| Synonyms | offence, offensive |
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| Broader (hypernym) | military operation, operation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | counteroffensive, dirty war, push back, rollback |
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