offence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: offence	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for offence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
offence n the action of attacking an enemy [syn: offense, offence, offensive] the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score Synonym(s): offense, offence Antonym(s): defence, defending team, defense a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question" Synonym(s): umbrage, offense, offence a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others Synonym(s): discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" Synonym(s): crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Offence \Of*fence"\, n. See {Offense}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Offense \Offense"\, Offence* \Of*fence"\, n. [F., fr. L. offensa. See {Offend}.] 1. The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury. Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification. --Rom. iv. 25. I have given my opinion against the authority of two great men, but I hope without offense to their memories. --Dryden. 2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure. He was content to give them just cause of offense, when they had power to make just revenge. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin. [Obs.] Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! --Matt. xviii. 7. Note: This word, like expense, is often spelled with a c. It ought, however, to undergo the same change with expense, the reasons being the same, namely, that s must be used in offensive as in expensive, and is found in the Latin offensio, and the French offense. {To take offense}, to feel, or assume to be, injured or affronted; to become angry or hostile. {Weapons of offense}, those which are used in attack, in distinction from those of defense, which are used to repel. Syn: Displeasure; umbrage; resentment; misdeed; misdemeanor; trespass; transgression; delinquency; fault; sin; crime; affront; indignity; outrage; insult.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Offence (1.) An injury or wrong done to one (1 Sam. 25:31; Rom. 5:15). (2.) A stumbling-block or cause of temptation (Isa. 8:14; Matt. 16:23; 18:7). Greek skandalon, properly that at which one stumbles or takes offence. The "offence of the cross" (Gal. 5:11) is the offence the Jews took at the teaching that salvation was by the crucified One, and by him alone. Salvation by the cross was a stumbling-block to their national pride.