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What is the noun for offensiveness?

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offense
  1. The act of offending:
    1. a crime or sin
    2. an affront, insult or injury.
  2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
  3. (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
  4. (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Marking an unpatented article as patented to deceive the public is an offense punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars.”
      “Nor does forgiveness involve excusing a sinful offense.”
      “What must be broken is the power to make people pose, because the power to force people to pose is an offense to basic human dignity.”
offender
  1. One who gives or causes offense.
  2. A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The wardens of some of the police court prisons say they have more public spitters in their custody than any other class of offender.”
      “If the problems continue after two written warnings, court action may be taken against the offender and a notice to quit may be served.”
      “The teenager was forced to hand over his phone to the first offender while his accomplice ripped a gold chain from his neck.”
offensive
  1. (countable, military) An attack.
  2. (uncountable) The posture of attacking or being able to attack.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “This year under considerable pressure from the army, the president gave the go-ahead for a military offensive against separatist guerillas in Aceh.”
offence
  1. British spelling standard spelling of offense.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Marking an unpatented article as patented to deceive the public is an offence punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars.”
      “Nor does forgiveness involve excusing a sinful offence.”
      “What must be broken is the power to make people pose, because the power to force people to pose is an offence to basic human dignity.”
offendedness
  1. The state or quality of being offended.
offensiveness
  1. The quality of being offensive
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Sorry if I had to disqualify your entry for lack of taste or offensiveness in general.”
      “What makes her work worthy of coverage when work of equivalent shoddiness and offensiveness is regarded as absolutely off-limits?”
      “He is an extraordinary amalgam of intelligence and foolishness, wisdom and innocence, grace and gaucherie, charm and histrionic offensiveness.”
offending
  1. The act of committing an offence.
offendor
  1. Obsolete form of offender.
offendour
  1. Obsolete form of offender.
offendee
  1. One who is offended.
offendress
  1. A woman who offends.
offendant
  1. An offender.
offensivenesses
offendresses
  1. plural of offendress
offendours
  1. plural of offendour
offendants
  1. plural of offendant
offendings
  1. plural of offending
offensives
offenders
  1. plural of offender
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Many juvenile court advocates harshly criticized how the police handled young offenders.”
      “In the meantime, drug offenders are warehoused in institutions that serve to transmit violent habits and values rather than reduce them.”
      “When the poor wallies on the Parole Board let such offenders out of prison, what is the consequence?”
offendees
  1. plural of offendee
offendors
  1. plural of offendor
offences
  1. plural of offence
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Clients who do stop in these areas are often harassed by police by flashing their lights or booking them for traffic offences.”
      “We propose doubling fines for offences that cause accidents such as drunken driving and reckless driving.”
      “A few aberrantly high months can make a sizeable contribution to the total number of offences in a year.”
offenses
  1. plural of offense
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “These kickers can kick long fields goals, play with good offenses and do not miss many kicks.”
      “Violations of drug laws and gambling laws were the two most prevalent types of offenses investigated through communications intercepts.”
      “Those are offenses properly addressed by judges, juries, and prison wardens.”
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