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Definitions for OFFENDING
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. offendingadjective

    offending against or breaking a law or rule

    "contracts offending against the statute were canceled"

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  1. offending

    Offending typically refers to the action of causing displeasure, anger, resentment, or hurt feelings through one's actions, words, behavior, or conduct. It may also refer to committing a crime or violating a law or rule.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of OFFENDING in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of OFFENDING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of OFFENDING in a Sentence

  1. Mike McKeever:

    Don’t pile on the emotional pressure—emphasize that you’d like this to be strictly a business decision for them, if relatives or friends feel they can turn you down without offending you, they’re more likely to invest. Give them an out.

  2. Egypts President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi:

    He said that offending Islam and Muslims has become a tool to mobilize votes. He called the offensive cartoons depicting Muhammad a blatant hostility against this noble religion and its prophet. Egypts President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said that offending the prophet undermines high values many Muslims believe in. We, too, have rights ; right of not to hurt our feelings and not to offend our values.

  3. Mark Zuckerberg:

    One critique of our approach for much of the last decade was that because we wanted to be liked, we didn't always communicate our views as clearly because we were worried about offending people.

  4. Niccolò Machiavelli:

    Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

  5. Bret Walker:

    There was a significant body of evidence demonstrating, in various ways, that the offending not only did not occur but could not have occurred.

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