Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of offend
plural offendings
- The act of committing an offence.
There are, besides, other corporations and individuals more or less connected in the activities of the other defendants, that are alleged to be instruments or accomplices in their activities and offendings[…]
2004, Rebecca S. Shoemaker, The White Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy, page 249
- not comparableResponsible; to be blamed.
Something in the fridge smelled terrible. The offending article was soon identified and removed.
1 more example
According to Netsafe, scammers send out a bunch of emails, hoping to snag a few gullible people, but simply deleting the offending email won’t do anything to impede the con.
2017 November 10, Aaron Mak, “This Hilarious Chatbot Messes with Scammers for You”, in Slate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveoffending against or breaking a law or rule
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Spanish ofensor, ofendedor
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with offending
Cite this entry
offending. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/offending
“offending.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/offending. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “offending,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/offending.
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