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The feeling of being wronged, often manufactured faster than the wrong itself.
means An act that breaks a rule or wounds someone's feelings — or the wounded feeling itself, depending on which side of it you're standing.
from From Latin 'offendere' — 'to strike against,' built from 'ob-' (against) plus 'fendere' (to strike, as in 'defend'). It came into English through French in the medieval period, first meaning a literal stumble or blow, and only gradually softened into the sense of a moral or emotional trespass — the bruise outlasting the bump.
- spelling split
- British offence, American offense, same wounded pride
- sports sense
- the side meant to score, not sulk
- legal cousin
- an offence is a crime's polite euphemism
- taking vs giving
- you can give none and still take plenty