Affront
An affront is an insult characterized by publicity and snub in word or deed .
The borrowed in the 17th century and the upscale vernacular of the 19th century associated more common word today is a takeover of the French affront (this is derived from the French. Front = forehead) and means "insult", "insult", "defamation" or "Insult", also "provocation", "challenge" or "threat". Originally going back to the Latin "ad frontem" ( ad = to, frons = forehead , front), thus "towards the forehead", it means to hit the forehead in a figurative sense ; offend .
In nobility , circling among officers and in the middle was an affront easily one reason satisfaction to demand; Depending on the sense of honor or the trafficked person's search , many things could be interpreted as an "affront". Today one speaks of an affront even in the case of provocative behavior by individual states towards the community of states , for example by violating international treaties or decisions that affect the interests of another state.
The German verb “affrontieren” , derived from affront, or “to challenge” or “attack” is now, as is the associated adjective “affrontiv” , out of date.
