Affront

To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.

To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.

To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.

An encounter either friendly or hostile.

Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.

An offense to one's self-respect; shame.