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Offend

/əˈfend/

To hurt someone's feelings or to break a rule or law.

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I didn't mean to offend you.He laughed, but she was quite offended by that.

Derived from Old French "offendre" which means to strike against, and Latin "offendere", where ob- means against and -fendere means to strike.

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