Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

offension

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: of-fen-sion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Assault; attack, offensive; offense.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"… they nourish wicked adultery and much fornication, they fill the world with offensions and bastards, and give great occasion of murdering …"
"Napoleon had possessed himself of those very points, which would serve him as a basis of offension against Prussia and Austria. Nicholas acted in his spirit, when he fortified those points by a chain of fortresses."

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin offensio (“an offense”).

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: offensio

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does offension mean?: Assault; attack, offensive; offense.
Where does offension come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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