Noun
See Offense.
The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury.
The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhen I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them. Ambrose
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence. Thomas Carlyle
I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others. John Woolman
It is the fear of offence that makes men swallow poison. Nigerian Proverb
In the very act of committing an offence. Latin Proverb
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence. Latin Proverb