Fault
Offense
Offense noun - A breaking of a moral or legal code.
Usage example: wartime offenses that are crimes against all of humanity
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- This doesn't need to be intentional— it's only necessary that Alice interpret it this way: he has no authority to "lift blame" off her when whatever happened was not her fault in the first place, or it's something that's not even a real offense.
Source: Flippant Forgiveness -
I Take Offense to That Last One: In regarding his use of 3-D in Transformers 3, he stated outright that people may hate his movies, bashing the characters, storyline and plot holes, but you cannot fault the technical side of things.
Source: Creator / Michael Bay
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