What is another word for offence?
Synonyms for offence
of·fence
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Princeton's WordNet
offense, offence, offensivenoun
the action of attacking an enemy
Synonyms:
offense, criminal offence, criminal offense, umbrage, discourtesy, offensive, offensive activity, crime, law-breakingAntonyms:
defence, defending team, defenseoffense, offencenoun
the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
Synonyms:
offense, criminal offence, criminal offense, umbrage, discourtesy, offensive, offensive activity, crime, law-breakingAntonyms:
defense, defence, defending teamumbrage, offense, offencenoun
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
"he took offence at my question"
Synonyms:
offense, law-breaking, criminal offense, discourtesy, offensive, umbrage, offensive activity, crime, criminal offenceAntonyms:
defense, defending team, defencediscourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activitynoun
a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
Synonyms:
offense, criminal offense, umbrage, rudeness, discourtesy, offensive, disrespect, criminal offence, offensive activity, crime, law-breakingAntonyms:
defense, defence, defending teamcrime, 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"
Synonyms:
offense, criminal offence, criminal offense, discourtesy, offensive, umbrage, offensive activity, crime, law-breakingAntonyms:
defense, defence, defending team
Dictionary of English Synonymes
offencenoun
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[Written also Offense.] attack, assault, aggression, onset (as in the expression weapons of offence)offencenoun
Synonyms:
displeasure, anger, indignation, wrathoffencenoun
Synonyms:
injury, injustice, affront, wrong, insult, indignity, outrageoffencenoun
Synonyms:
trespass, transgression, misdeed, delinquency, misdemeanor, crime, sin
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "offence":
crime, offences, infringement, offense, infraction, crimes, breach, violation, contravention, misdemeanour, delito, felony, misdemeanor, affront, criminal, insult, délit, delict
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Offence
Offence vs. Offense -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Offence and Offense.
Offence
Offense vs. Offence -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Offense and Offence.
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1673 | wrong | |
#2010 | crime | |
#2262 | attack | |
#2384 | criminal | |
#2620 | injury | |
#3994 | sin | |
#4693 | violation | |
#5954 | crimes | |
#6274 | offensive | |
#7144 | offense | |
#9001 | breach | |
#9984 | infringement | |
#10353 | offence | |
#14291 | felony | |
#14394 | offences | |
#17766 | insult | |
#20114 | outrage | |
#21366 | misdemeanor | |
#33365 | trespass | |
#36071 | contravention | |
#36196 | disrespect | |
#40021 | infraction | |
#47895 | transgression | |
#61866 | rudeness | |
#62754 | affront | |
#94076 | indignity | |
#128213 | umbrage | |
#187358 | misdemeanour | |
#203844 | misdeed | |
#246599 | discourtesy | |
#265552 | delict | |
#326310 | delito |
How to use offence in a sentence?
People have a right to protest, but rioting is an offence that will be punished.
I'm trying to look at social media as little as possible during Grand Slams, during big tournaments, yeah, no offence to you guys, I don't really read what you guys write. You can go ahead and write whatever you want about me. It's fine. I will not be offended.
I think Gasquet's backhand (is one of the) best one?handed backhands in the world, that's his weapon. He has a variety. He can play really well from defence and offence. I think he's also very skilled on the net. He improved his serve. He's an all?around player.
We regret any offence these chants may have caused and will continue to work with supporter groups and officials from both clubs to eradicate hateful chanting from this fixture.
We have taken the decision to introduce this special law to make doping, and those attempting to take performance-enhancing drugs, a criminal offence.
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