Offence: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations
The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more.— 0. 1. 3.
All's not offence that indiscretion finds, And dotage terms so.— K. L. ii. 4
Shakespearian Dictionary. OMB What is my offence? Where is the evidence that doth accuse me? What lawful quest have given their verdict up— R. III. i. 4.
Unto the frowning judge. In such a time as this, it is not meet That every nice offence should bear its comment. J.C. iv.