Etymology

offension

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Today it means: Assault; attack, offensive; offense. Full definition →

Old French [Term?] ← Latin offensio
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  1. Latin · derived fromoffensio“an offense”
  2. Old French · derived from[Term?]
  3. English todayoffension

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

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