offend against

offend against someone or something

to anger or affront someone or something. We do not wish to offend against anyone. He didn't realize that he offended against their cultural values.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maala	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Arnott	['a:nət]
Bojana	-	Slovene, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
Truman	['tru:mən]
Nikolao	nee-ko-LAH-o	Esperanto
Silviya	-	Bulgarian