give/cause offense

:  to make a present of

:  to grant or bestow by formal action

:  to accord or yield to another

:  capacity or tendency to yield to force or strain :  flexibility

:  the ability of a material to bend or stretch

:  a reason for an action or condition :  motive

:  something that brings about an effect or a result

:  a person or thing that is the occasion of an action or state

:  to serve as a cause or occasion of

:  to compel by command, authority, or force

:  an act of stumbling

:  a cause or occasion of sin :  stumbling block

:  something that outrages the moral or physical senses