to offend against decency

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• offend — of|fend [əˈfend] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: offendre, from Latin offendere to strike against, offend ] 1.) [I and T] to make someone angry or upset by doing or saying something that they think is rude, unkind etc ▪ His remarks… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• offend — verb 1 (transitive usually passive) to make someone angry or upset: be offended: Richard was deeply offended that people thought he d faked the story. | I hope you won t be offended if I leave early. | offend sb: I m sorry; have I done something… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• National Legion of Decency — The National Legion of Decency was an organization dedicated to identifying and combating objectionable content, from the point of view of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, in motion pictures. For the first quarter century or so of… …   Wikipedia

• outrage — /owt rayj/, n., v., outraged, outraging. n. 1. an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency. 2. anything that strongly offends, insults, or affronts the feelings. 3. a powerful feeling of resentment or anger aroused …   Universalium

• Australian Classification Board — Agency overview Formed 1970 Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia Minister responsible Robert McClelland, Attorney General Parent agency Attorney General s Department (current parent agency), OFLC (Original parent agency), Australian …   Wikipedia

• outrage — /ˈaʊtreɪdʒ / (say owtrayj) noun 1. an act of wanton violence; any gross violation of law or decency. 2. anything that outrages the feelings. 3. Obsolete a passionate or violent outbreak. –verb (t) (outraged, outraging) 4. to subject to grievous… …  

• Sources of Singapore law — There are generally regarded to be three sources of Singapore law: legislation, judicial precedents (case law) and custom. [See, generally, ch. 6 of cite book|last=Chan|first=Helena H.M. (Hui meng)|title=The Legal System of… …   Wikipedia

• Holocaust trials in Soviet Estonia — The best known Holocaust trial in Estonian SSR was brought in 1961, by the local Soviet authorities against Estonian collaborators who had participated in the execution of the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation (1941 1944). The accused… …   Wikipedia

• taste — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 flavour/flavor ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious, fresh, nice, pleasant, refreshing ▪ distinctive ▪ pungent, rich …   Collocations dictionary

• indecent exposure — An exposure of the person in such manner and at such time and place as to offend against public decency, occurring by intent or by recklessness from which an intent may be inferred. Anno: 93 ALR 998. Exposing another person in an indecent or… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• outrage — out•rage [[t]ˈaʊt reɪdʒ[/t]] n. v. raged, rag•ing 1) an act of wanton cruelty or violence 2) anything that strongly offends or affronts the feelings 3) cvb a powerful feeling of resentment or anger aroused by an injury, insult, or injustice 4) to …   From formal English to slang