What does offension mean?
Offension means (obsolete) Assault; attack, offensive; offense..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) Assault; attack, offensive; offense..
… they nourish wicked adultery and much fornication, they fill the world with offensions and bastards, and give great occasion of murdering …
Napoleon had possessed himself of those very points, which would serve him as a basis of offension against Prussia and Austria. Nicholas acted in his spirit, when he fortified those points by a chain of fortresses.
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Offension means (obsolete) Assault; attack, offensive; offense..
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… they nourish wicked adultery and much fornication, they fill the world with offensions and bastards, and give great occasion of murdering …
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