affront
- Verb. To insult intentionally, especially openly.
- Verb. To meet defiantly; to confront.
- Verb. (obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.
- Noun. An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
- Noun. (obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.
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