AFFRONT

affront

Noun

  1. An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
    Such behavior is an affront to society.
  2. A hostile encounter or meeting.

Verb

  1. To insult intentionally, especially openly.
  2. To meet defiantly; to confront.
    to affront death
  3. To meet or encounter face to face.


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