Listen to and Offend

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Listen to verb - To take notice of and be guided by.

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Offend is an antonym for listen to.

Offend verb - To fail to keep.

Usage example: keeping company without a chaperone present definitely would have offended the social standards of the day

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Listen to is an antonym for offend.

The ususal response Free Speech advocates have for social justice warriors is that they don't have to listen to viewpoints that they know will offend them.

Source: Moving the Goalposts

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