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Offense (also spelled offence) is a term for:
- in sports, an attack
- in law, a violation of the penal law
- a breaking of a rule or regulation
- a discourtesy (hurting the feelings of others)
Examples of childish offenses
Children are are often scolded and/or punished for childish offenses (misbehavior) by their parents, guardians, or other people in loco parentis such as babysitters, governesses, teachers, etc.
Typical examples of punishable childish offenses are:
- disobedience (e.g. to their parents)
- disrespect, defiance, rebellion against authority
- lying
- tattletale
- stealing (e.g. toys, books, food, money)
- teasing, picking fights
- hurting people or animals, hitting, biting, kicking, throwing
- damaging property (vandalism)
- pulling pranks
- playing hooky
- cursing, name calling
- throwing tantrums
- carelessness, slovenliness, uncleanliness
- laziness
- fidgeting
- irresponsibility
Thesaurus
- delinquency
- misbehavior
- misconduct, wrong conduct, bad conduct
- misdoing, misdeed
- misdemeanor
- malefaction
- malpractice
- wrongdoing
- outrage
- naughtiness
- delict
- crime
- felony
- tort
- sin
See also
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Offense ]
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| Portal:Offense(s) | |
|---|---|
| Misdeed | Bedwetting • Biting • Missed Chore • Clenching • Cursing • Fidgeting • Hitting • Failed Inspection • Kanch • Lying • Making faces • Mooning • Out of bounds • Oversleep • Padding the trousers • Pantsing • Pinching • Prank • Skinny dipping • Tantrum • Tattletale • Toweling • Wedging |
| Dorm offenses | Bed not made • Bullying • Contraband • Food in dorm • Lights out • Missed check in • Pranks • Sneaking out • Talking after lights out • |
| Misbehaviour | Bullying • Defiance • Disobedience • Disrespect • Inattentiveness • Irresponsibility • Laziness • Naughtiness • Mischief • Irresponsibility • Rudeness • Sin • Slovenliness • Teasing • Uncleanliness • Violence • Wantonness |
| Profanity | Cursing • Obscene language • Rudeness • Swearing • Vulgarity |
| Legal | Adultery • Assault • Crime • Dippoldism • Exposure • Frame • Graffiti • Rape • Sexual abuse • Stealing • Truancy • Vandalism • Video piracy |
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