(law) A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant.

A religious sacrifice. / An offering or concession made to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace or reconciliation; an olive branch.

(biblical, religion) A slaughtered animal offered and burnt on an altar, as an atonement for sin. / (by extension) Any sacrifice to a deity or deities, or to the deceased in such a way.

present participle of offend

The act of committing an offence.

Responsible; to be blamed.

plural of offence

plural of offense

simple past tense and past participle of off

(Britain) For sale at a reduced price. / (UK) Available to take; at hand; being offered or to be offered.