Offence and Offense

Offence

Offence noun - A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others.
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Synonyms for Offence

Offense is a synonym for offence (American) in assault topic. In some cases you can use "Offense" instead a noun "Offence", when it comes to topics like crime, trespass, grievance, transgression.

Offense

Offense noun - A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others.

Offence is a synonym for offense (British) in assault topic. You can use "Offence" instead a noun "Offense", if it concerns topics such as crime, trespass, grievance, transgression.
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