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Offense

Offense

Offense — given or taken — often touches errors in your conduct detected, inward rage as you justify yourself, or struggles before reaching your aims. The dream may ask where you feel slighted or have slighted another, and whether hasty conclusions and wounded pride are about to cost you more than the original grievance was worth.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for offense, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.

Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted

To dream of being offended, denotes that errors will be detected in your conduct, which will cause you inward rage while attempting to justify yourself.

To give offense, predicts for you many struggles before reaching your aims.

For a young woman to give, or take offense, signifies that she will regret hasty conclusions, and disobedience to parents or guardian.