offense

Noun
  1. A lack of politeness;
    A failure to show regard for others;
    Wounding the feelings or others (synset 101226520)
    is a type of: behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings - manner of acting or controlling yourself
    subtypes:
    • derision, ridicule - the act of deriding or treating with contempt
    • indelicacy - an impolite act or expression
    • insolence - an offensive disrespectful impudent act
    • affront, insult - a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
    • presumption - a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
    • rebuff, slight - a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
    same as: discourtesy, offence, offensive activity
  2. A feeling of anger caused by being offended (synset 107532789)
    "he took offence at my question"
    is a type of: anger, choler, ire - a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
    same as: offence, umbrage
  3. A transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right (synset 100767587)
    is a type of: evildoing, transgression - the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
    subtypes: crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
    same as: offence
  4. The team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score (synset 108098121)
    is a type of: squad, team - a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
    same as: offence
  5. The action of attacking an enemy (synset 100982124)
    is a type of: military operation, operation - activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
    subtypes:
    • counteroffensive - a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force
    • dirty war - an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims
    • push back, rollback - the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
    same as: offence, offensive

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