offending

Examples

• All

• The court found him guilty of offending the local noise ordinances.

• I'M SURE HE WAS OFFERING THE SHERIFF THE OFFENDING GUN, EXACTLY AS HE ONCE OFFERED ME HIS TRESPASSING HOGS.

  Cross Creek (1983)

• What other offending news do you have for me?

  The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

• So I got the offending pages off the property.

• Go to therapy, tacky offending behaviour, do some courses.

• I can actually go in and grab that offending frequency here and tighten the cue up.

• I've done just offending behaviour programmes, done Resolve.

  Anything Goes With James English

• Her offending comments during the meeting led to a formal complaint.

Synonyms

I

to infringe

vsoffending

• Formal

68 6.8

Break a rule or law and go against someone's rights

is broader, covering any breach not only exceeding legal limits

V

to violate

vsoffending

67 4.9

Treat a place, object, or tradition in a way that shows no respect

covers breaking rules too but is less about disrespect or desecration

O

to offend

vsoffending

65 4.6

Break a law, rule, contract or promise

describes being in breach or violating rather than performing the act

F

to flout

vsoffending

12 7.9

To openly disobey a rule or law to show you do not respect it

describes rule breaking more generally, not necessarily with contempt

T

to transgress

vsoffending

12 7.8

To do something that breaks a law, rule, or your idea of right and wrong

is focused on legal or rule breach without moral emphasis

C

to contravene

vsoffending

• Formal

2 8.2

To break a law, rule, or agreement

is the general idea of being in violation rather than opposing officially

C

cheating

vsoffending

1 2.0

Breaking rules to get an unfair advantage

is general rule breaking without the specific dishonesty or unfairness focus

I

to infract

vsoffending

• Archaic

9.9

To break a law, rule, contract, or promise

refers to being wrongful or in breach without focusing on action

Antonyms

L

lawful

• Formal

82 2.9

Allowed by the law

C

compliant

31 5.1

Willing to follow rules or do what other people want

How Serious

to commit crime

48 2.5

offending

4.5

violation

418 4.1

to breach

• Formal

46 4.5

to disobey

126 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology