no offense

phrase

I intend no offense by these remarks.

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Meanings

phrase

alternative no offence

  1. I intend no offense by these remarks.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
with all due respect

Origin

An ellipsis of I mean no offense or no offense meant.

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Translations

Arabic بِدُون مُؤَاخَذَة, لَا مُؤَاخْذَة
  • بِدُون مُؤَاخَذَة (bidūn muʔāḵaḏa)no offense
  • لَا مُؤَاخْذَة (lā muʔāḵḏa)no offense
Chinese Mandarin 不要見怪 /不要见怪, 沒有冒犯你的意思 /没有冒犯你的意思
  • 不要見怪 /不要见怪 (búyào jiànguài)no offense
  • 沒有冒犯你的意思 /没有冒犯你的意思 (méiyǒu màofàn nǐ de yìsi)no offense
Czech nic ve zlém
  • nic ve zlémno offense
Danish ikke for noget, no offense
  • ikke for nogetno offense
  • no offenseno offense
Dutch niet beledigend bedoeld
  • niet beledigend bedoeldno offense
Estonian ärge solvuge
  • ärge solvugeno offense
Finnish ei millään pahalla, en halua loukata ketään
  • ei millään pahallano offense
  • en halua loukata ketäänno offense
  • ei pahallano offense
French sans vouloir vous vexer, sans vouloir te vexer
  • sans vouloir vous vexerno offense
  • sans vouloir te vexerno offense
  • ne le prenez pas malno offense
  • ne le prends pas malno offense
German nichts für ungut, nehmen Sie es mir nicht übel
  • nichts für ungutno offense
  • nehmen Sie es mir nicht übelno offense
  • nimm es mir nicht übelno offense
Hungarian ne vedd sértésnek
  • ne vedd sértésnekno offense
Indonesian tidak bermaksud menyinggung
  • tidak bermaksud menyinggungno offense
Italian senza offesa
  • senza offesano offense
Japanese 悪気はない
  • 悪気はない (warugi-wa nai)no offense
Polish bez urazy
  • bez urazyno offense
Portuguese sem ofensa
  • sem ofensano offense
Romanian nu mi-o luați în nume de rău
  • nu mi-o luați în nume de răuno offense
Russian не обижа́йтесь, не обижа́йся
  • не обижа́йтесь (ne obižájtesʹ)no offense
  • не обижа́йся (ne obižájsja)no offense
  • без оби́д (bez obíd)no offense
Spanish sin ánimo de ofender, sin acritud
  • sin ánimo de ofenderno offense
  • sin acritudno offense
Swedish inget illa ment
  • inget illa mentno offense
Cite this entry
APA

no offense. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20offense

MLA

“no offense.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20offense. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “no offense,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20offense.

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