offence
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
offence /əˈfɛns/ (US offense)
▶noun
- 1 an act or instance of offending.
- 2 resentment or hurt.
- 3 the action of making a military attack.
- 4 /ˈɒfɛns, ˈɑː-/ N. Amer. the attacking players in a team.
'offence' also found in these Oxford entries:
accuse
- affront
- aggravated
- anodyne
- apology
- arrestable offence
- bad form
- bigamy
- blackmail
- bookable
- capital
- caution
- charge
- commission
- conditional discharge
- contempt
- convict
- conviction
- corpus delicti
- crime
- criminal libel
- decriminalize
- defaulter
- delate
- demerit
- discipline
- discreet
- disorderly conduct
- disqualify
- double jeopardy
- Down's syndrome
- dream
- due diligence
- dumb
- efface
- endorsement
- exceptionable
- excuse
- extenuate
- eye
- first offender
- forgive
- free pardon
- groom
- guilt
- harelip
- have
- inchoate
- indictable
- inexpiable
