Definition of offend

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Offend (v. t.) To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience..

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Merciful :: Merciful (a.) Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.
Scandalize :: Scandalize (v. t.) To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon..
Bowstring :: Bowstring (n.) A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
Disoblige :: Disoblige (v. t.) To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.
Fulsome :: Fulsome (a.) Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery..
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
Offensive :: Offensive (n.) The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive.
Pardonable :: Pardonable (a.) Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit..
Offend :: Offend (v. t.) To transgress; to violate; to sin against.
Err :: Err (v. i.) To offend, as by erring..
Offenseless :: Offenseless (a.) Unoffending; inoffensive.
Abettor :: Abettor (n.) One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender.
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; -- said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.
Evidence :: Evidence (v. t.) To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender..
Here-at :: Here-at (adv.) At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat..
Affrontive :: Affrontive (a.) Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive.
Offending :: Offending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offen.
Despite :: Despite (n.) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
Boating :: Boating (n.) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish..
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