## Meanings
1. An action that breaks the law; a crime.
2. A feeling of being hurt or upset by something rude.
3. In sport, the team or players trying to score.

## Examples
- Drink-driving is a serious offense in most countries.
- She took offense at his thoughtless remark.
- Their offense scored three goals in the first half.

## Synonyms
- affront
- barb
- burn
- dis
- diss
- insult
- insultation
- pejorative
- put-down
- slam
- slight
- slur

## Derived Forms
- cyberoffense
- offenseful
- offenseless
- offensensitivity
- offensible

## Related Forms
- crime
- offend
- offender
- offensive
- sin

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʷʰen-
- Root: offence
- Root: offense
- Root: offensa

## Etymology
From Middle English offence, from Old French offense, from Latin offensa (“a striking against; displeasure; injury”).

## AI Etymology
Offense comes from Middle English offence, from Old French offense, from Latin offensa (“a striking against; displeasure; injury”). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-, Middle English offence, Old French offense, and Latin offensa. Modern senses include an action that breaks the law; a crime and a feeling of being hurt or upset by something rude. The wider word family includes derivatives such as cyberoffense, offenseful, offenseless, offensensitivity, and offensible and related forms such as crime, offend, offender, and offensive.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness

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