The act of affronting; an insult or disrespect; a cause of offense.
Affront + -ment (suffix creating nouns from verbs, similar to 'payment,' 'treatment'). The '-ment' suffix transforms actions into concrete or abstract nouns.
The '-ment' suffix has been creating nouns in English for centuries—'treatment' comes from 'treat,' 'government' from 'govern,' and 'affrontment' from 'affront.' It's so productive we barely notice when it's used!
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