Material aspects: To take offence in a dream is to allow a display of emotion and feeling about our own sensitivity, which may not be appropriate in waking life.
To give offence to someone in a dream is to recognize that we are not as aware of other people’s feelings as we should be. Consult the entries for burglar, intruder and vice for more information.
[1]A suggestion of spiritual wrongdoing may be relevant.
A sin is a moral evil, but a wrongdoing is less culpable and in dreams may simply manifest as a warning, which allows us to assess the seriousness of the offence in waking life and then to act accordingly.
[2]Psychological / emotional perspective: To be committing an offence suggests that we are not, either consciously or unconsciously, following our own code of moral behaviour. We have put ourselves outside the norms of society.
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