offense: Meaning and Definition of

of•fense

1. a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
2. a transgression of the law; misdemeanor.
3. a cause of transgression or wrong.
4. something that offends or displeases.
5. the act of offending or displeasing.
6. the feeling of resentful displeasure caused: to give offense.
7. the act of attacking; attack or assault: weapons of offense.
8. a person, army, etc., that is attacking.
9. single-wing offense; fast-break offense.
1. the players or team unit responsible for attacking or scoring in a game.
2. the players possessing or controlling the ball, puck, etc., or the aspects or period of a game when this obtains.
3. a pattern or style of scoring attack:single-wing offense; fast-break offense.
4. offensive effectiveness; ability to score:a total breakdown in offense.
10. injury, harm, or hurt.