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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Trespasser :: Trespasser (n.) A transgressor of the moral law; an offender; a sinner.
Fulsome :: Fulsome (a.) Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery..
Here-at :: Here-at (adv.) At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat..
Offender :: Offender (n.) One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer..
Affrontive :: Affrontive (a.) Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive.
Displease :: Displease (v. t.) To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender..
Offending :: Offending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offen.
Scandal :: Scandal (v. t.) To scandalize; to offend.
Punish :: Punish (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience..
Disgust :: Disgust (v. t.) To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by..
Forbearance :: Forbearance (n.) The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.
Gantlet :: Gantlet (n.) A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed..
Reformatory :: Reformatory (n.) An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.
Spiteful :: Spite (v. t.) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
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.
Err :: Err (v. i.) To offend, as by erring..
Offenseless :: Offenseless (a.) Unoffending; inoffensive.
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..
Old :: Old (superl.) Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice..
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