Definition of offend

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Offend (v. t.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.

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Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
Reformatory :: Reformatory (n.) An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.
Trespasser :: Trespasser (n.) A transgressor of the moral law; an offender; a sinner.
Cuttystool :: Cuttystool (n.) A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister..
Hurt :: Hurt (v. t.) To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve.
Affront :: Affront (v. t.) To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.
Greencloth :: Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates..
Offenseless :: Offenseless (a.) Unoffending; inoffensive.
Disgust :: Disgust (v. t.) Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust..
Offendant :: Offendant (n.) An offender.
Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) The Bastille, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison..
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..
Offence :: Offence (n.) The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
To :: To (prep.) Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will offend him..
Digress :: Digress (v. i.) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
Spiteful :: Spite (v. t.) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
Offend :: Offend (v. t.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
Grate :: Grate (v. i.) To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity..
Despite :: Despite (n.) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
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..
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