Offence
Of`fence´
| n. | 1. | See Offense. |
| Noun | 1. |  offence - the action of attacking an enemy |
| 2. | offence - the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score Synonyms: offense Antonyms: defending team, defense, defence - (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense" | |
| 3. | offence - a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question" | |
| 4. | offence - a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others | |
| 5. | offence - a crime less serious than a felony |
OFFENCE, crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands; in this sense it is nearly synonymous with crime. (q.v.) In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor, (q.v.) but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty. 1 Chit. Prac. 14.
To dream of being offended, signifies of error in your conduct which has caused you to stand up for yourself. To dream that you are giving offence, foretells of struggles and obstacles toward your goals.breach, crime, dereliction, error, fault, felony, harm, hurt, infraction, infringement, injure, insult, lapse, malefaction, misdeed, misdemeanor, offend, outrage, peccadillo, sin, slight, slip, take umbrage, transgression, trespass, violation, wrong, wrongdoing