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Antonyms for offenders

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-fend
Phonetic Transcription : əˈfɛnd

Definition of offenders

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to sin against (someone)," from Old French ofendre "transgress, antagonize," and directly from Latin offendere "to hit, strike against," figuratively "to stumble, commit a fault, displease, trespass against, provoke," from ob "against" (see ob-) + -fendere "to strike" (found only in compounds; see defend).
  • Meaning "to violate (a law), to make a moral false step, to commit a crime" is from late 14c. Meaning "to wound the feelings" is from late 14c. The literal sense of "to attack, assail" is attested from late 14c.; this has been lost in Modern English, but is preserved in offense and offensive. Related: Offended; offending.
  • noun perpetrator
Example sentences :
  • What could he do to persuade the two offenders to the only right course!
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • We had a rich and delightful ride, but did not succeed in overhauling the offenders.
  • Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
  • It will be observed that it is planned for holding a number of offenders at the same time.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
  • Homicide forms 91% of the criminality of this group of offenders.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
  • You know how they stopped this and punished the offenders, and how much good this has done.
  • Extract from : « Policing the Plains » by R.G. MacBeth
  • Sometimes we slightly punished the offenders, by cutting off their hair.
  • Extract from : « Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora » by Edward Edwards
  • Offenders who refuse to go to prison, or who escape from it, are to be expelled.
  • Extract from : « Life in the Medieval University » by Robert S. Rait, M.A.
  • Of this discontent Parliament could not be the focus, for members of Parliament were themselves the offenders.
  • Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard
  • But he was in no mood to atone vicariously for the offenders aboard the Conomo.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • There was no certainty that justice would ever reach these offenders.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough

Synonyms for offenders

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