Offence
[ә'fens]
Definition
(n.) See Offense.
(n.) The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury.
(n.) The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
(n.) A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.
Edited by Harold
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Written also Offense.] [1]. Attack, assault, aggression, onset (as in the expression weapons of offence).[2]. Displeasure, anger, indignation, wrath.[3]. Injury, injustice, affront, wrong, insult, indignity, outrage.[4]. Trespass, transgression, misdeed, delinquency, misdemeanor, crime, sin.
Typist: Nathaniel
Examples
- Don't be uneasy if I am a little late--I must be careful not to give offence by leaving them too soon. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I can't think, Amy, what has given Chivery offence. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Forgive my offence, for it carries its punishment with it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In dancing attendance at the various offices, I was always treated, more or less, as if it was a very bad offence. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- No offence, I hope, miss. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If Mr. Bounderby had ever know'd me right—if he'd ever know'd me at aw—he would'n ha' took'n offence wi' me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She looked at him from that distance in some trouble, imagining that there might have been an offence in her words. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I am your old lawyer and your old friend, and I may remind you, I am sure, without offence, of the possibility of your marrying Sir Percival Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Woe unto the world because of offences, but woe unto them through whom the offence cometh. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I was quite unprepared for the rapid manner in which Mrs. Guppy's power of jocularity merged into a power of taking the profoundest offence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The two doctors took offence at my obstinacy. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I remember it now with my customary superiority to all feeling of offence. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was not the bad manners of ignorance; it was the wilful bad manners arising from deep offence. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- His very merits he used as a means of offence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Rachael, will you tell him—for you know how, without offence—that this is freely his, to help him on his way? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Numerous offences had been committed in the neighbourhood; the perpetrators remained undiscovered, and their boldness increased. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Woe unto the world because of offences, but woe unto them through whom the offence cometh. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It would be very petty of us who are well and can bear things, to think much of small offences from those who carry a weight of trial. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Have you told Mr Arthur that he mustn't lay offences at his father's door? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I am fast coming to the end of my offences against your cultivated modern taste. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It is appointed against such offences that the offenders shall not be able to forget. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We have new laws, Evremonde, and new offences, since you were here. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The Frenchman is for proportioning punishments to offences. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Her mind returned to Mrs. Elton's offences, and long, very long, did they occupy her. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The first evening, only petty offences were tried. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Spites, affronts, offences giv' and took, deadly aggrawations, such like,' answered Riderhood. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He had given trouble, he had disturbed, he had broke the peace of his lord the king, and for those offences an amercement was thought due. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Everything was forgiven from my heart and soul at that moment; but Amy soon ran up a fresh score of offences, just in her usual way. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Elinor gloried in his integrity; and Marianne forgave all his offences in compassion for his punishment. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Accidents, miseries, and offences, were never to be mentioned before her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Typist: Willie