Offence

Synonyms for "offence" (44 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Noun(6 words)

annoyance assault attack campaign crime discourtesy

breach crime dereliction

Strong matches (13)

Noun(3 words)

displeasure hurt infraction

error fault felony harm hurt infraction infringement injure insult lapse

Related words (22)

malefaction misdeed misdemeanor offend outrage peccadillo sin slight sliptake umbragetransgression trespass violation wrong wrongdoing

Noun(7 words)

offense offensiveoffensive activityresentment transgression umbrage wrongdoing

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

18 entries

anger behavior behaviour choler conduct crime doingsemotional responseemotional stateevildoing iremilitary operationnegative emotionoperation squad team

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More specific

11 entries

anger blitz embarrassment felony hurt incursion infraction misdemeanor resentment siege trespass

Collocations

5 entries

criminal offencefinancial offencemoral offencepublic offenceserious offence

Inflections

2 entries

offences offenses

Derivations

3 entries

offense offensive offensively

Antonyms

1 entries

defence

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The law prescribes certain penalties for this offence.

Source: tatoeba (57479)

Such an offence is punished by a fine and/or imprisonment.

Source: tatoeba (60414)

Any offence against himself he forgave readily.

Source: tatoeba (264624)

I found it truly regrettable that he should take offence.

Source: tatoeba (285027)

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