Antonyms for Offense
əˈfɛns or, for 9 , ˈɔ fɛns, ˈɒf ɛnsof·fense

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1. offensenoun

   Antonyms:
   defense

2. offensenoun

   Antonyms:
   defense

3. offensenoun

   Antonyms:
   defense

4. offensenoun

   Antonyms:
   defense

5. offensenoun

   Antonyms:
   defense

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1. offense

   Abomination (from the Latin ab omen, a thing of ill omen) was originally applied to anything held in religious or ceremonial aversion or abhorrence; as, "The things which are highly esteemed among men are abomination in the sight of God." Luke xvi, 15. The word is oftener applied to the object of such aversion or abhorrence than to the state of mind that so regards it; in common use abomination signifies something very much disliked or loathed, or that deserves to be. Choice food may be an object of aversion and disgust to a sick person; vile food would be an abomination. A toad is to many an object of disgust; a foul sewer is an abomination. As applied to crimes, abomination is used of such as are especially brutal, shameful, or revolting; theft is an offense; infanticide is an abomination.

   Antonyms:
   affection, appreciation, approval, benefit, blessing, delight, desire, enjoyment, esteem, esteem, gratification, joy, satisfaction, treat

   Synonyms:
   abhorrence, abomination, abuse, annoyance, aversion, crime, curse, detestation, disgust, evil, execration, hatred, horror, iniquity, nuisance, plague, shame, villainy, wickedness

Matched Categories

1. • Anger
   • Operation
   • Team

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1. discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activitynoun

   a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others

   Antonyms:
   defence, defending team, defense

   Synonyms:
   offense, criminal offense, umbrage, rudeness, discourtesy, offensive, disrespect, criminal offence, offensive activity, crime, offence, law-breaking

2. umbrage, offense, offencenoun

   a feeling of anger caused by being offended

   "he took offence at my question"

   Antonyms:
   defense, defence, defending team

   Synonyms:
   offense, law-breaking, criminal offense, discourtesy, offensive, umbrage, offensive activity, crime, offence, criminal offence

3. crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breakingnoun

   (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

   "a long record of crimes"

   Antonyms:
   defence, defense, defending team

   Synonyms:
   offense, criminal offence, criminal offense, discourtesy, offensive, umbrage, offensive activity, crime, offence, law-breaking

4. offense, offencenoun

   the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

   Antonyms:
   defense, defending team, defence

   Synonyms:
   offense, criminal offence, criminal offense, umbrage, discourtesy, offensive, offensive activity, crime, offence, law-breaking

5. offense, offence, offensivenoun

   the action of attacking an enemy

   Antonyms:
   defence, defending team, defense

   Synonyms:
   offense, criminal offence, criminal offense, umbrage, discourtesy, offensive, offensive activity, crime, offence, law-breaking

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1. offensenoun

   Synonyms:
   crime, wrong, sin, outrage, indignity, displeasure, resentment, dudgeon, umbrage, misdemeanor, transgression, delinquency, trespass

How to use Offense in a sentence?

1. Lamar Alexander:

   I worked with other senators to make sure that we have the right to ask for more documents and witnesses, but there is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven and that does not meet United States Constitutions high bar for an impeachable offense.

2. Allan Dershowitz:

   Nothing in the John Bolton revelations -- even if true -- would rise to the level of an abuse of power or an impeachable offense.

3. Caleb Johnson:

   I think it’s both. UCLA did a good job of just playing the run and being in the right spots, but we got to get it corrected as an offense, and that will be done.

4. George Kittle:

   We were rolling there toward the end, it didn’t end the way we wanted, but I feel like we definitely had some momentum going, and if we can do that we’ll be a pretty good offense.

5. George Orwell, 1984:

   It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself—anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face ... was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime ...

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