[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

offense \offense"\, offence \offence"\, n. f., fr. l.
   offensa. see offend.
   1. the act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin,
      an affront or an injury.
      1913 webster

            who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised
            again for our justification.          --rom. iv. 25.
      1913 webster

            i have given my opinion against the authority of two
            great men, but i hope without offense to their
            memories.                             --dryden.
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   2. the state of being offended or displeased; anger;
      displeasure; as, to cause offense.
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            he was content to give them just cause of offense,
            when they had power to make just revenge. --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
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   3. a cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin. obs.
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            woe to that man by whom the offense cometh --matt.
                                                  xviii. 7.
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   4. in any contest, the act or process of attacking as
      contrasted with the act of defending; the offensive; as,
      to go on the offense.
      pjc

   5. sports the members of a team who have the primary
      responsibility to score goals, in contrast to those who
      have the responsibility to defend, i.e. to prevent the
      opposing team from scoring goal.
      pjc

   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.
         1913 webster

   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.
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   syn: displeasure; umbrage; resentment; misdeed; misdemeanor;
        trespass; transgression; delinquency; fault; sin; crime;
        affront; indignity; outrage; insult.
        1913 webster
see also:
offend to take offense weapons of offense 

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