offensio

offēnsiō ōnis, f

offendo, a striking against, tripping, stumbling : pedes.— A projection : nihil offensionis habere, no roughness .—Fig., disfavor, aversion, disgust, dislike, hatred, discredit, bad reputation : offensionem vitat aequabilitate decernendi: in odium offensionemque populiR.inruere: offensionem aurium merere, i. e. deserve to be heard with displeasure , L.: habere ad res certas vitiosam offensionem: mihi maiori offensioni esse quam delectationi, give me more vexation than pleasure. —A complaint, indisposition, accident, misfortune, mishap, failure : corporum offensiones: habet enim nihil quod in offensione deperdat, i. e. if he loses his cause : non offensiones belli, sed victoriae, defeats : offensionum et repulsarum ignominia, i. e. rude refusals .