No offense was meant.
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Offense
//əˈfɛns//
Synonyms for "offense" (198 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (59)
Related words (99)
insultinvasionjeerjeeringlapselightning attacklightning warmalefactionmalfeasancemalummass attackmegadeathmiffminor wrongmisdeedmisdemeanormisfeasancemockmockerymortal sin
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muggingnonfeasanceoffensiveomissiononsetonslaughtoutrageoverkillpanzer warfarepeccadillopeccancypiqueprovocationpushput downput-downraw nervered ragresentmentrun againstrun atrushsacrilegesallyscoffscowlscurrilityshock tacticssinsin of commissionsin of omissionsinful actslap in the faceslipsnuffsore pointsore spotsortiestriketaunttender spottorttransgressiontrespasstripuncomplimentary remarkunprovoked assaultunutterable sinvenial sinviolationwrathwrongwrongdoing
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3 entriesRelated terms
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Translations
87 translations across 29 languages.
Aramaic
1 entries- אבאשותא noun (state of being offended)
Armenian
4 entries- հանցանք noun (act of offending against the law)
- հարձակում noun (strategy and tactics employed when in position to score)
- հարձակում noun (portion of a team dedicated to scoring)
- վիրավորանք noun (act of offending against manners)
Bulgarian
4 entries- нападение noun (strategy and tactics employed when in position to score)
- нападение noun (portion of a team dedicated to scoring)
- нарушение noun (act of offending against the law)
- настъпление noun (strategy and tactics employed when in position to score)
Catalan
2 entries- insult noun (act of offending against manners)
- ofensa noun (act of offending against manners)
Chamicuro
1 entries- suchi noun (state of being offended)
Danish
1 entries- lovovertrædelse noun (act of offending against the law)
Esperanto
1 entries- ofendo noun (act of offending against manners)
Finnish
4 entries- hyökkäys noun (strategy and tactics employed when in position to score)
- hyökkäyspää noun (portion of a team dedicated to scoring)
- hyökkääjät noun (portion of a team dedicated to scoring)
- lainrikkomus noun (act of offending against the law)
French
4 entries- attaquants noun (portion of a team dedicated to scoring)
- attaque noun (strategy and tactics employed when in position to score)
- attaque noun (portion of a team dedicated to scoring)
- offensive noun (strategy and tactics employed when in position to score)
Georgian
2 entries- შეტევა noun (strategy and tactics employed when in position to score)
- შეურაცხყოფა noun (state of being offended)
German
3 entries- Vergehen noun (act of offending against the law)
- beleidigt sein noun (state of being offended)
- gekränkt sein noun (state of being offended)
Greek
4 entries- αδίκημα noun (act of offending against the law)
- επίθεση noun (strategy and tactics employed when in position to score)
- επίθεση noun (portion of a team dedicated to scoring)
- θυμός noun (state of being offended)
Hebrew
4 entries- הַתְקָפָה noun (strategy and tactics employed when in position to score)
- הַתְקָפָה noun (portion of a team dedicated to scoring)
- עֲבֵרָה noun (act of offending against the law)
- עֶלְבּוֹן noun (state of being offended)
Hindi
1 entries- वार noun (act of offending against the law)
Hungarian
4 entries- sérelem noun (act of offending against the law)
- sértettség noun (state of being offended)
- sértés noun (act of offending against the law)
- sértés noun (act of offending against manners)
Irish
2 entries- aithisiú noun (act of offending against manners)
- múisiam noun (state of being offended)
Latin
3 entries- offensa noun (act of offending against the law)
- offensa noun (act of offending against manners)
- offensa noun (state of being offended)
Macedonian
1 entries- пре́кршок noun (act of offending against the law)
Malay
1 entries- kesalahan noun (act of offending against the law)
Māori
1 entries- hēanga noun (act of offending against the law)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lovovertredelse noun (act of offending against the law)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صوچ noun (act of offending against the law)
Portuguese
4 entries- ataque noun (strategy and tactics employed when in position to score)
- ataque noun (portion of a team dedicated to scoring)
- delito noun (act of offending against the law)
- insulto noun (act of offending against manners)
Romanian
4 entries- atacant noun (portion of a team dedicated to scoring)
- ofensivă noun (strategy and tactics employed when in position to score)
- ofensă noun (act of offending against the law)
- ofensă noun (act of offending against manners)
Russian
4 entries- нападе́ние noun (strategy and tactics employed when in position to score)
- оби́да noun (state of being offended)
- оскорбле́ние noun (state of being offended)
- правонаруше́ние noun (act of offending against the law)
Sanskrit
2 entries- आगस् noun (act of offending against the law)
- एनस् noun (act of offending against the law)
Spanish
2 entries- insulto noun (act of offending against manners)
- ofensa noun (act of offending against manners)
Swedish
4 entries- kränkning noun (act of offending against manners)
- kränkthet noun (state of being offended)
- lagöverträdelse noun (act of offending against the law)
- överträdelse noun (act of offending against the law)
Ukrainian
1 entries- правопору́шення noun (act of offending against the law)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
That is a criminal offense, and you will surely be punished!
Source: tatoeba (42184)
Such a deed is an offense against the law.
Source: tatoeba (51217)
The most effective defense is offense.
Source: tatoeba (243688)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.