Offence Synonyms and Antonyms

əfens
The action of attacking an enemy
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. offense
  2. umbrage
  3. offensive
A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. offense
  2. discourtesy
  3. offensive activity
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. crime
  2. offense
  3. criminal offense
  4. criminal-offence
  5. law-breaking
The team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. offense
Antonyms:
  1. defense
  2. defence

Words Related to Offence

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Advertisement

Offence Sentence Examples

  • No offence sport, but when is the last time you looked in the mirror?

  • This offence was the cause of the first Sacred War.

  • Seeing that Godoy, the all-powerful minister at Madrid, had given mortal offence to Napoleon early in the Prussian campaign of 1806 by calling on Spain to arm on behalf of her independence, it passes belief how he could have placed his country at the mercy of Napoleon at the end of the year 1807.

  • Failure to comply with any of the rules renders a company " liable for each offence, on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or in the case of a continuing offence to a fine not exceeding ten pounds for every day during which the offence continues after conviction."

  • One of these myths is the famous story of Ishtar's descent to Irkalla or Aralu, as the lower world was called, and her reception by her sister who presides over it; the other is the story of Nergal's offence against Ereshkigal, his banishment to the kingdom controlled by the goddess and the reconciliation between Nergal and Ereshkigal through the latter's offer to have Nergal share the honours of the rule over Irkalla.

More Sentences
Advertisement