Offense or offence may refer to:
Common meanings
* Offense or
crime, a violation of penal law
* An
insult
An insult is an expression or statement (or sometimes behavior) which is disrespectful or scornful. Insults may be intentional or accidental. An insult may be factual, but at the same time pejorative, such as the word "inbred".
Jocular exc ...
, or negative feeling in response to a perceived insult
* An
attack
Attack may refer to:
Warfare and combat
* Offensive (military)
* Charge (warfare)
* Attack (fencing)
* Strike (attack)
* Attack (computing)
* Attack aircraft
Books and publishing
* ''The Attack'' (novel), a book
* '' Attack No. 1'', comic an ...
, a proactive offensive engagement
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Sin, an act that violates a known moral rule
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Offense (sports)
In sports, offense (American spelling) or offence ( Commonwealth spelling, see spelling differences; pronounced with first-syllable stress; from Latin '' offensus''), known as attack outside of North America, is the action of attacking or engagi ...
, the action of engaging an opposing team with the objective of scoring
Media
* ''
The Offence'', a 1972 drama film directed by Sidney Lumet
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"Offense" (''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''), an episode of ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', 2008
Other uses
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Offense (policy debate)
This is a glossary of policy debate terms.
Affirmative
In policy debate (also called ''cross-examination debate'' in some circuits, namely the University Interscholastic League of Texas), the ''Affirmative'' is the team that affirms the reso ...
, arguments that make a definite value judgment about an advocacy
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Religious offense, an offense against religion
See also
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Offender (disambiguation)
Offender(s) or The Offender(s) may refer to:
*A criminal, one who commits a criminal offense
* ''Offender'' (film), a 2012 British action film
* ''Offenders'' (2017 film), a Serbian drama film
* Offenders (comics), a Marvel Comics team
* ''The O ...
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Offensive (disambiguation)
Offensive may refer to:
* Offensive, the former name of the Dutch political party Socialist Alternative
* Offensive (military), an attack
* Offensive language
** Fighting words or insulting language, words that by their very utterance inflict inj ...
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