Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised
again for our justification. --Rom. iv. 25.
I have given my opinion against the authority of two
great men, but I hope without offense to their
memories. --Dryden.
2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger;
displeasure.
He was content to give them just cause of offense,
when they had power to make just revenge. --Sir P.
Sidney.
3. A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin. [Obs.]
Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! --Matt.
xviii. 7.
Note: This word, like expense, is often spelled with a c. It
ought, however, to undergo the same change with
expense, the reasons being the same, namely, that s
must be used in offensive as in expensive, and is found
in the Latin offensio, and the French offense.
{To take offense}, to feel, or assume to be, injured or
affronted; to become angry or hostile.
{Weapons of offense}, those which are used in attack, in
distinction from those of defense, which are used to
repel.
Syn: Displeasure; umbrage; resentment; misdeed; misdemeanor;
trespass; transgression; delinquency; fault; sin; crime;
affront; indignity; outrage; insult.