I.a hitting or striking against any thing (post-Aug.).
I. Lit., Plin. 28, 16, 62, § 221: “ut offensatione illā (hastae) commoneretur (Demosthenes),” Quint. 11, 3, 130.—
II. Trop., a stumbling, tripping; a slip, blunder: “debemus patienter ferre offensationes memoriae labentis,” Sen. Ben. 5, 25, 6.