Offension
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Offension is a noun meaning (obsolete) Assault; attack, offensive; offense.
Meaning
(obsolete) Assault; attack, offensive; offense.
Example Sentences
… 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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include affronte, sault, assailment, offendour, affront, anslaight.
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