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Antonyms for offending

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-fend
Phonetic Transcription : əˈfɛnd

Definition of offending

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to sin against (someone)," from Old French ofendre "transgress, antagonize," and directly from Latin offendere "to hit, strike against," figuratively "to stumble, commit a fault, displease, trespass against, provoke," from ob "against" (see ob-) + -fendere "to strike" (found only in compounds; see defend).
  • Meaning "to violate (a law), to make a moral false step, to commit a crime" is from late 14c. Meaning "to wound the feelings" is from late 14c. The literal sense of "to attack, assail" is attested from late 14c.; this has been lost in Modern English, but is preserved in offense and offensive. Related: Offended; offending.
  • verb displease, insult
Example sentences :
  • You, I know, lay this to his fearfulness of disobliging or offending.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • This was the whole front of her offending; yet I was so disappointed that I wanted to be brutal.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • And Ray heard no more complaints about the offending little name.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • She was not afraid of offending Jimmy or of hurting his feelings.
  • Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
  • But, offending no one, and interfering with no one, how have I been treated in my turn?
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various
  • She had remembered this time to shed the offending apron, but she carried it in her hand.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Mr. Hungerford, pawing in the darkness at the offending footstool, swore.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He meant to say green, but had a purpose in not offending Paul.
  • Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
  • His daughter darted to him regardless of the offending incense.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • We are self-centered, free-willed; immune from any possibility of offending the universe.
  • Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad

Synonyms for offending

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