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Commit and Offend

verb

  • Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
    • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
    • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
    • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • Confer a trust upon.
    • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • Make an investment.
    • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • Engage in or perform.
    • usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

verb

  • Cause to feel resentment or indignation.
    • usage: "Her tactless remark offended me"
  • Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.
    • usage: "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
  • Strike with disgust or revulsion.
    • usage: "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
  • Hurt the feelings of.
    • usage: "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"