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A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.

Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due. The nonrendition of a service which is due. S. E. Dwight.

To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend. [Obs.] Dryden

To displease; to make angry; to affront. A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. Prov. xviii. 19.

An offender. [R.] Holland.

One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer. I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 1 Kings i. 21.

A woman who offends. Shak.

To exhibit; to manifest. [Obs.] Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend. J. Webster.

Outlay; expenditure. [R.] A mere outspend of savageness. I. Taylor.

To bend to excess.

To hang; to depend. [R.] Pending upon certain powerful motions. I. Taylor.

Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book. Some hang upon the pendants of her ear. Pope. Many . . . have been pleased with this work and its pendant, the Tales and P…

Slope; inclination. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.

Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf. "The pendent world." Shak. Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle. Longfellow.

The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola.

In a pendent manner.

A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse. [Obs.] Fairfax.

An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant. Sir W. Scott.

An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft. [Scot.] Jamieson.