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Webster 1828 Edition


Offending

OFFEND'ING

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ppr.
Displeasing; making angry; causing to stumble; committing sin.

Definition 2024


offending

offending

English

Verb

offending

  1. present participle of offend

Noun

offending (plural offendings)

  1. The act of committing an offence.
    • 2004, Rebecca S. Shoemaker, The White Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy (page 249)
      There are, besides, other corporations and individuals more or less connected in the activities of the other defendants, that are alleged to be instruments or accomplices in their activities and offendings []