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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
affront/əˈfrʌnt/

▶noun an action or remark that causes outrage or offence. ▶verb offend the modesty or values of.

– origin ME: from OFr. afronter ‘to slap in the face, insult’, based on L. ad frontem ‘to the face’.

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