Social life

Synonyms for offend

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineSocial life

act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

Offend all laws of humanity.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

break

Same sentence, swapped: Break all laws of humanity.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for offend as it is used in the sentence above.

spite
outrage
disgrace

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Closest first: other social life words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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