The act of committing an offence.
"The police are investigating the offending by stealing the car from the garage."
present participle of offend
"The teacher asked me to stop offending her by making jokes about her family during lunch."
offending against or breaking a law or rule
"contracts offending against the statute were canceled"
Responsible; to be blamed.
"The manager decided that he was solely offending for the mistake made by his team during the game."