Antonym: defence. Similar words: fence, sit on the fence, difference, indifference, make a difference, offend, offense, stiffen. Meaning: [ə'fens] 
n. 1. the action of attacking an enemy 2. the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score 3. a feeling of anger caused by being offended 4. a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others 5. a crime less serious than a felony.
n. 1. the action of attacking an enemy 2. the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score 3. a feeling of anger caused by being offended 4. a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others 5. a crime less serious than a felony. 
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(151) Performed in Shiraz it aroused enormous anger and offence.
(152) The imprecision of this offence has caused concern.
(153) Any civil servant who talks to his or her spouse about work would be committing an offence.
(154) That is a statutory offence or, more bluntly put, a criminal offence.
(155) Conviction for such an offence carries a five-year prison sentence.
(156) The only defence is that the estate agent took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.
(157) Euthanasia technically remained a criminal offence subject to a minimum prison sentence of 12 years under Article 293 of the penal code.
(158) On the down side, domestic broadcasters decided to ban any songs or plays that could cause offence.
(159) The archbishop came back under papal orders to avoid giving offence to the king.
(160) Organising or participating in a march in breach of any such condition constitutes an offence.
(161) The offence merited the second yellow card that would have put Ferguson off the park.
(162) Women nevertheless do commit crimes and contribute to the tariff of most offence categories.
(163) One traditionally impoverished group - women - have become more represented in this offence than elsewhere in criminal statistics.
(164) It now seems likely that Mason was sent to prison for an offence he never committed.
(165) The word from Lilongwe now is that Chihana will be charged with sedition, a capital offence.
(166) The fact that a parent is at risk of criminal prosecution for an offence against the child will not justify exclusion.
(167) Moreover,(www.Sentencedict.com) such a requirement would discourage prosecutions for the aggravated offence and would exclude private prosecutions.
(168) West Yorkshire police statistics suggest that the peak age for the offence of taking a vehicle without consent is 15.
(169) It would also be an offence to cause suspicion or undermine the confidence of the people.
(170) Section 4 makes it an offence to carry on investment business in contravention of section 3.
(171) Loss of privileges in peacetime; in war, a capital offence.
(172) I hope I didn't cause offence to anyone when I left early.
(173) Police activity centred around the offence and the apprehension of a perpetrator.
(174) Thus he may decide that although the investigation discloses a criminal offence, no action should be taken in the criminal courts.
(175) He caused many an offence during the Christmas period by openly stating his hatred of the Geldof coup.
(176) His most serious offence in that time was taking part in a robbery while armed with a crossbow.
(177) He risks being charged with an offence that carries up to five years in jail.
(178) It was, he said, an offence of quite astonishing incompetence.
(179) The brothers, aged 24 and 27, agreed to be bound over after denying the offence.
(180) So far their offence has gone unpunished. Illegal activity is not limited to the depths of the forest.
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