Synonym: discourtesy, infraction, infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, offence, offensive, offensive activity, umbrage, violation. Similar words: offensive, defense, offender, defensive, dense, sense, license, intense. Meaning: [əˈfens] 
n. 1. a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others 2. a feeling of anger caused by being offended 3. a crime less serious than a felony 4. the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score 5. the action of attacking an enemy.
n. 1. a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others 2. a feeling of anger caused by being offended 3. a crime less serious than a felony 4. the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score 5. the action of attacking an enemy. 
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31. We had their offense and defense figured out exceptionally well.
32. Spring focus: Burks was the key to an offense that helped the Giants compile baseball's best regular-season record.
33. In fact, if you have called me on the phone recently and noticed that I seemed distracted, take no offense.
34. Expiatory punishment is arbitrary in character because it does not bear any relationship to the offense.
35. If found guilty, he could be fined $ 500 for each offense.
36. But the most important thing for us is to make first downs,[http://sentencedict.com/offense.html] keep their offense off the field.
37. The zone blitz can fluster an offense because it looks nothing like a conventional blitz.
38. You all will write: The defense did its job, and then the rest of it will be about the offense.
39. I can get a rhythm, get a feel for the offense.
40. The offense, however, not only was political but constituted an act of treason against the constitutional government.
41. Battered and bruised as usual, a sizable portion of their offense decimated by injury.
42. But I have a feeling the feminists will take offense.
43. They had taken the initiative, with their offense moving almost at will and defense providing its finest performance of the season.
44. Torture is also routine in criminal investigations, even for the most petty offense.
45. The rookie out of Colorado has a dramatic impact on the offense when he comes into the game.
46. In both halves, the Owls had difficulty setting up their offense and often rushed bad shots to beat the 35-second clock.
47. Agave theft is considered a serious offense in Jalisco and carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.
48. Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. Rene Descartes 
49. The reported incidence of this crime rose 28. 6 percent between 1974 and 1983, more than any other major offense.
50. The Seminoles' high-powered offense, which had averaged 42 points and 549 yards per game, was suffocated.
51. The days of that kind of sailor; no offense, are quickly coming to an end.
52. White talked of the progress his team made, the improvement on offense.
53. However, the offense will retain its basic form, a fact with which Abdul-Jabbar is comfortable.
54. The judge ruled that Newman's comments were not an actionable offense.
55. Hostetler served as tour guide, supervising an offense that shed its lingering turnover habit.
56. The penalty is a $250 fine for the first offense.
57. And violence by a husband toward his wife is one obvious offense to the integrity of human life.
58. The maximum penalty for either offense is five years in prison.
59. Older men and women are running motion offense drills, practicing low post moves.
60. These people supposedly cherished cursor keys and took deep offense at their absence on Macintosh.
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