offending

The decision not to run the cartoons is motivated by nothing more than fear: either fear of offending or fear of retaliation.

Offending the other ones has been a central strategy for Paul over the last year.

But now his politics were offending the progressive sensibilities of the American film industry.

Fear of offending the grammar police can even produce a novel type of error called a hypercorrection.

Breaking the offending sentence into two sentences is grammatically correct but often rhythmically wrong.

Included was a twenty-page aside on the offending Bishop, revealing a startlingly thorough knowledge of his writings.

Sometimes the contract states what the offending or wrongful party must pay should he fail to execute it.

In this case the husband was the offending party, and was very naughty, and therefore his hands were very cold.

May we not, also, without offending any one, suppose that the alphabet originated in cries and exclamations?

But Mother Wit thought it would do no harm to help the family if she could do so without offending.